Buy-to-let

Making the most of the ‘new normal’

For a sector that has been through a significant amount of change over the...

Paragon’s new mortgage lending up 23%

Paragon has reported that its total mortgage lending increased by 23% to £721 million...

New intermediary exclusives from the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society has introduced a new range of intermediary-only exclusive products for...

Sainsbury’s Bank moves into buy-to-let

Sainsbury’s Bank has launched new buy-to-let (BTL) products solely available via brokers. The new products...

Pepper Money reduces buy-to-let rates and fees

Pepper Money has made changes to its buy-to-let range, reducing rates by up to...

TMW adds new 10-year deal and cuts tracker rates

The Mortgage Works has cut rates for two-year tracker mortgages by up to 0.45 percentage...

Magellan Homeloans partners with Connect for Intermediaries

Magellan Homeloans has partnered with Connect for Intermediaries, joining the panel of both its...

Fastest rising rents in the South West

Your Move's latest Rental Tracker has found that the South West was the fastest...

West One makes key second charge criteria change

West One will now allow non buy-to-let income to be used towards the affordability...

Nationwide’s net lending down £3 billion

The Nationwide Building Society has reported a sharp fall in its net mortgage lending,...

Citizens Advice urges government to tighten bill to protect renters

Citizens Advice has warned that a government pledge to ban tenants fees in England...

The Swansea BS joins PMS and Sesame panels

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network have added the Swansea Building Society to their...

Meeting the needs of the professional landlord 

The property investment landscape had undoubtably changed over the last couple of years. The...

The Mortgage Lender unveils buy-to-let proposition

The Mortgage Lender has launched its buy-to-let range, which will be available through 11...

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Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...