Buy-to-let

CML expects BTL to remain subdued during the summer

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that in April, home buyers borrowed...

Metro Bank enters consumer buy-to-let market

Metro Bank is now accepting consumer buy-to-let buy-to-let applications. The lender says its new product...

Vida unveils expat buy-to-let offering

Vida Homeloans is introducing a new 'Vida Expat' buy-to-let mortgage range. The lender says its...

Together to lend up to £2m on buy-to-let

Specialist lender Together has launched a new specialist buy-to-let product range and increased the...

Accord introduces cashback to buy-to-let range

Accord Buy To Let has added cashback to its entire mortgage range. Landlords opting for...

Newcastle Intermediaries improves buy-to-let criteria

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced the minimum income requirement for joint buy-to-let properties from £40,000...

New BTL deals from the Leeds BS

The Leeds Building Society has changed its buy-to-let mortgage offering and has launched a five year tracker with...

Landlords favouring five year fixed rates

While most landlords have been affected by recent and ongoing restrictions to income tax relief...

London main driver of rental slowdown

Landbay's latest Rental Index has reported that UK rents grew by just 0.02% in...

Increase in availability of specialist mortgages

The first quarter of the year saw demand for specialist mortgages rise, according to...

Vida Homeloans unveils 2.69% fixed rate

Vida Homeloans has announced a new 'Limited Edition' range of residential and buy-to-let mortgages...

Platform cuts rates on buy-to-let

Platform has cut a number of select fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage interest rates by up...

Boost for successful FTB applications

67% of first-time buyers’ mortgage applications made via intermediaries resulted in completions during the...

Metro Bank buys £600m mortgage book

Metro Bank has completed the purchase of a portfolio of UK mortgages from Cerberus...

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First-time buyers and buy-to-let are not rivals

As we move further into 2026, a familiar narrative is starting to reappear. It suggests that a stronger first-time buyer market will be delivered...

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

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Nationwide completes first live digital mortgage deeds with Veyco technology

Nationwide Building Society has become the first UK lender to complete live mortgage transactions...

CIExpert adds Royal London to income protection insight zone

Royal London has become the latest insurer to join CIExpert’s Income Protection Insight Zone,...

First-time buyers ‘closer than they think’ to owning a home

Most wannabe first-time buyers may be far closer to homeownership than they realise according...

FTBs handed boost as high-LTV mortgage choice hits record

First-time buyers and borrowers with small deposits are entering 2026 with more mortgage choice...