Buy-to-let

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...

TMA Club adds the Bath BS to its lender panel

TMA Club has expanded its lender panel with the addition of the Bath Building...

Fleet Mortgages hires Midlands BDM

Fleet Mortgages has announced the appointment of a new business development manager (BDM) covering...

Double digit lending growth for Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reported double digit growth in both its...

New intermediary range from Bank of Ireland UK

Bank of Ireland UK has made changes across its residential, First Start and buy-to-let...

Creche tops gym for tenants

31% of tenants would pay more for onsite creche and childcare services than any...

New deals and rate cuts from Barclays

Barclays is making changes to both the residential and buy-to-let product ranges with new...

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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...