Buy-to-let

Opus First Media launches Bridging Soup

Opus First Media has expanded its specialist publishing portfolio with the launch of Bridging...

Rents fall over 2025 for first time on record

Rents across Great Britain fell over the course of 2025 for the first time...

The Cambridge lifts LTV on expat and holiday let buy-to-let mortgages

The Cambridge Building Society has increased the maximum loan-to-value on two specialist buy-to-let ranges...

Coventry targets energy-efficient buy-to-let with new intermediary range

Coventry for intermediaries has launched a new range of buy-to-let products aimed at landlords...

What could shape buy-to-let in 2026 and the impact for advisers

As we move slowly into 2026, the buy-to-let market feels more settled than it...

Market Financial Solutions promotes 26 staff as leadership ranks expand

Market Financial Solutions has announced a round of 26 internal promotions, reflecting continued growth...

Moloney promoted to group role as OSB sharpens digital focus for brokers

OSB Group has promoted Adrian Moloney to group lending distribution director as it steps...

Rent growth slows as market cools after pandemic surge

Average rents across Britain rose by just over 2% in 2025, the weakest annual...

YBS Commercial expands buy-to-let range with new two-year fixed rates

YBS Commercial Mortgages has introduced new two-year fixed-rate products for landlords as part of...

Paymentshield: home insurance referrals climb sharply as advisers embrace referral model

Advisers are increasingly turning to referrals for home and landlord insurance, with new data...

Louisa Sedgwick on Paragon and the future of buy-to-let

Three decades into a career she never really planned, Louisa Sedgwick sits at the...

Pepper Money trims residential pricing and adds free valuations to buy-to-let range

Pepper Money has reduced rates across its Pepper48 residential range and introduced free valuations...

Rental yields edge higher as regional gap narrows, Fleet data shows

Average rental yields increased on both a quarterly and annual basis in the final...

Keystone integrates valuation platform in bid to speed up complex cases

Specialist buy-to-let lender Keystone Property Finance has partnered with valuation panel manager Method in...

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How brokers can secure better client outcomes in a volatile market

Experience has always counted in the mortgage market. Brokers who worked through the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic, the Liz Truss mini-Budget and cost-of-living...

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

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Market Harborough reveals £120m Gen H mortgage portfolio acquisition

Market Harborough Building Society has acquired a £120m residential mortgage portfolio from Gen H...

UTB streamlines buy-to-let mortgage process with broker-focused operational changes

United Trust Bank has introduced a series of operational enhancements to its buy-to-let mortgage...

Home insurance price falls slow as market shows signs of turning

Home insurance premiums continued to fall during the second quarter of 2026, but the...

Landbay launches telephone sales team to support broker applications

Landbay has launched a dedicated telephone sales team to provide additional support to brokers...