Buy-to-let

MFB launches offers landlords an EPC rating retriever

Mortgages for Business has launched an instant EPC rating retriever. It is designed for landlords...

BTL mortgage costs start to rise

The cost of most mainstream buy-to-let mortgages is starting to climb, with new data...

Newcastle Intermediaries joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Newcastle Intermediaries to its mortgage lender panel. Member firms of the...

OneSavings Bank revamps ICR requirements

OneSavings Bank has made changes to its interest coverage ratio (ICR) requirements for all...

Positive start to 2018 for Scottish rental market

Your Move has found that rents in Scotland continued to trend upwards in the...

Landbay launches new HMO range

Landbay has unveiled a new range of buy-to-let products, with a specific focus on...

The ‘professionalisation’ of buy-to-let is dominant

Sporting contests are often described as a ‘game of two halves’ which tends to...

New specialist lending panel for TMA

TMA Club has refreshed its panel of master brokers and specialist packagers, to provide...

Leading rental growth in North West and East Midlands

Your Move has reported that rents in England and Wales have increased by 2.5%...

Fleet Mortgages cuts lifetime tracker rates

Fleet Mortgages has repriced its product range, including price cuts across its three lifetime tracker...

“Bleak outlook” for renters in 2018

ARLA Propertymark has reported that the number of properties letting agents managed fell by...

Bradford & Bingley loans transferred to Prudential and Blackstone

Computershare has transferred £12 billion of buy-to-let Bradford & Bingley and Mortgage Express mortgages...

LendInvest unveils intermediary BTL calculator

LendInvest has introduced a new buy-to-let online calculator for intermediaries. The calculator is designed to...

New deals from the Skipton BS

The Skipton Building Society has revised rates across a number of mortgage products with...

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The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Mortgage broker revenue rises as adviser numbers fall

Reported revenue from mortgage broking increased by 15.9% to £1.6bn during 2025 despite a...

Self-employed borrowers face narrower lender choice

Self-employed mortgage applicants have access to more than a third fewer eligible lenders than...

Landlords target growth despite rising costs

More than eight in 10 professional property investors plan to expand their portfolios during...

Home insurance defies wider fall in customer satisfaction

Home insurance has bucked a wider decline in customer sentiment towards UK insurers, according...