Buy-to-let

In defence of the FCA

At this time of year I’m hoping the seasonal spirit is flowing through you...

TMA reveals Xmas mortgage market wish-list

TMA mortgage club has published its Christmas wish-list for the mortgage market in 2017. It has...

Most agents expect rent rises in 2017

80% of letting agents expect rent prices to increase next year, according to the...

Rents expected to rise faster than pace of inflation in 2017

A new report, the National Rent Review from buy-to-let lender Landbay, has revealed that the...

Hinckley & Rugby outlines new BTL stress test policy

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has revealed its new lending policy for buy-to-let mortgages. The...

Clever Lending partners with Kensington 

Clever Lending is to distribute Kensington Mortgages range of specialist and buy-to-let mortgages.  The partnership will see Clever Lending...

Intermediary sentiment improving

Paragon Mortgages’ latest Financial Advisors Confidence Tracking (FACT) Index report has found an improvement...

Barclays simplifies BTL affordability assessment

Barclays has become the latest lender to respond to the Prudential Regulation Authority's (PRA) new...

8% fall in homeowner loans

  The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that homeowners borrowed £10.5bn for house purchase...

CML establishes profile and plans of landlords

In what it claims to be the largest survey to date of UK landlords,...

Landlords to ditch lettings agents if profits hit

47% of landlords say they would forego the services of their letting agent if...

Shawbrook Commercial cuts pricing

Shawbrook Bank has unveiled reduced rates of up to 1.06% on commercial products and...

Energy efficiency changes could “cripple the rental market”

Almost one in 10 properties currently available on the rental market could become unrentable by 2018...

L&G Mortgage Club offers new BTL matrix

Legal & General Mortgage Club has unveiled its new Rental Calculation Matrix. It has...

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Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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Principal firms lead self-employed recruitment growth at Just Mortgages

Recruitment figures from Just Mortgages show that the majority of self-employed advisers brought into...

New podcast aimed at advisers navigating mortgage and wealth convergence

Twenty7tec has launched a new podcast series designed to support advisers as mortgage and...

Gen H expands into Scotland with affordability-led income booster

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has launched in Scotland, extending its lending proposition north...

Landlord optimism rises as confidence returns to the private rented sector

New research suggests sentiment among landlords has improved sharply over the past year, despite...