Buy-to-let

Public support for stamp duty surcharge

When asked whether they support or oppose the recent stamp duty surcharge on second...

CML: March saw largest stamp duty ‘distortion’ to date

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending totalled £25.7...

FHL hits 95% completion rate before SDLT deadline

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has reported that over 94% of packaged cases received by...

Together celebrates best ever month for lending

Together has revealed that it completed £105 million new lending in March 2016, with...

Mortgages for Business celebrates office move

Over 100 guests attended an office warming party hosted by Mortgages for Business last...

House prices boosted by BTL rush

Rightmove has revealed that the average price of property coming to market up in...

Barnard and Spinks join Pepper

Rob Barnard and Richard Spinks have joined specialist lender Pepper Homeloans. Barnard joins as sales...

Complete FS to distribute Kensington’s products

Kensington is now on the lending panel of Complete FS, the South Coast based...

Lessons learned from the Stamp Duty deadline

Now that we have a little bit of distance between us and last month’s...

Pensioner landlords relying on BTL

72% of pensioners who have an investment property said they would struggle to make...

TSB cuts BTL and residential rates

TSB is reducing rates on a range of buy-to-let and residential mortgages. Landlords will benefit...

E.surv: first-time buyers finding their feet again

Home lending in 2016 saw its best opening quarter for nine years, according to...

New deals from Mortgage Trust

Mortgage Trust has launched a new range of products which includes two five year...

Over 1,000 attendees at ARLA conference

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA) held its annual ARLA Conference 2016 on...

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Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

URGENT! AI Is coming for you. Or maybe not…

I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

Navigating HMO and MUFB complexity with confidence

Historically, larger Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and Multi-Unit Freehold Blocks (MUFBs) have often been avoided due to their complex layouts, individual planning requirements,...

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Roma Finance launches AI-powered DeskVal to speed up lending decisions

Roma Finance has unveiled DeskVal, an AI-powered valuation tool designed to deliver faster and...

Housing market stalls as demand dips and sales slide

The UK housing market’s fragile recovery faltered in July as higher borrowing costs and...

Premier League stadium area with highest house price premium revealed

Burnley’s Turf Moor has emerged as the Premier League’s most lucrative stadium location in...

Kuflink launches in-house legal department to speed up deals

Bridging lender Kuflink has launched its own in-house legal department, in what it describes...