Buy-to-let

Fleet Mortgages cuts rates across all three core ranges

Fleet Mortgages has today cut the rates of a number of its fixed rates...

Platform announces higher LTV rate cuts

Platform has cut two and five-year fixed rates on select 85 and 90% LTV...

New Paragon limited edition deals for portfolio landlords

Paragon has unveiled a new range of Limited Edition buy-to-let mortgage products for portfolio...

Over half of disposable income spent on rent

The latest Landbay Rental Index has reveal that rental payments in the UK now...

PRA changes are driving brokers towards specialist lenders

Kent Reliance has claimed that the Prudential Conduct Authority's (PRA) new guidelines for portfolio...

Shawbrook: landlords remain optimistic about buy-to-let

A Shawbrook survey has found that despite the uncertainty of Brexit and increasing tax...

Vida expands buy-to-let expat criteria

 Vida has widened its buy-to-let expat criteria for a limited number of distributors, to...

Buy-to-let rental yields maintain strength

BM Solutions has reported that buy-to-let investors earned an average gross rental yield of 5.2% in...

Foundation Home Loans refines BTL criteria following EPC regulations

Foundation Home Loans has made changes to its buy-to-let criteria for borrowers, in response...

The Midlands surges in buy-to-let index

The latest LendInvest Buy-to-Let Index report has revealed that Colchester tops the buy-to-let index table...

New investment round for Landbay

Landbay is opening its latest equity funding round to new investors through the Seedrs...

IMLA predicts 2018-19 growth in mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending in 2018 has been predicted to rise for the eighth year...

New name for Hampshire Trust Bank’s mortgage brand

Hampshire Trust Bank has unveiled Specialist Mortgages as the new name for its commercial...

Newcastle Intermediaries adds Help to Buy and BTL to self-employed offering

Newcastle intermediaries has extended its self employed product range to include both Help to...

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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...