Buy-to-let

LendInvest’s lending up 33% year-on-year

LendInvest lent £500 million to help professional property investors, developers and landlords buy, build or...

Platform lowers rates on all 90% LTV deals

Platform has cut rates on all 90% LTV mortgages across two, three and five...

New landlord portal from HM Lettings

The Nottingham Building Society’s lettings arm has introduced a new landlord portal. The online...

Hometrack: rents to grow 2% over 2018

Richard Donnell, insight director at Hometrack, has explained his three defining themes for the...

Final call for TDS Charitable Foundation funding applications

Organisations that support landlords and tenants to improve standards and educate those involved in...

Accord make sweeping buy-to-let changes

Accord Mortgages has reduced rates by up to 0.35 percentage points on three quarters...

LendInvest passes $1bn of capital under management

LendInvest has reported its best ever year of capital raising. Since the start of...

London drags down the UK average rent

The second National Rent Review from Landbay has found that rents across the UK...

New ex-pat BTL Aldermore deal for 3mc

3mc has unveiled a buy-to-let mortgage deal designed for use by British expats, funded...

Hull seeing higher rental yields

LendInvest's latest Buy-to-Let Index report has found that the Hull postcode area has been...

Clegg and King to keynote ARLA Propertymark conference

ARLA Propertymark has announced its keynote speakers for its 2018 Conference. Former Deputy Prime Minister...

Longer-term fixes maintain popularity

Longer-term fixed rate mortgages continue to grow in popularity with homeowners opting for five-year...

Remortgaging trend set to continue

October saw the number and value of loans for remortgaging and for house purchases...

New BTL deals from the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society is launching a refreshed range of fixed rate buy-to-let products,...

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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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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...

Nova appoints Andrew Smith as commercial director

Conveyancing provider Nova has appointed Andrew Smith as commercial director as it seeks to...