Buy-to-let

Virgin Money to raise selected mortgage and buy-to-let rates

Virgin Money is increasing a range of residential, remortgage, buy-to-let and product transfer rates...

Landbay names Scott Leach as Midlands regional account manager

Landbay has appointed Scott Leach as regional account manager for the Midlands as the...

Rental competition eases as demand falls

Competition for rental homes has fallen to its lowest level in six years as...

Mortgage debt hits record £1.73trn as high-LTV lending rises

The total value of outstanding UK residential mortgage lending reached a record level in...

Alps launches enhanced landlord protection product ahead of Renters’ Rights Act reforms

Alps has introduced an updated Landlord Legal Expenses and Rent Protection product designed to...

Fleet Mortgages brings back 75% LTV fixed-rate options

Fleet Mortgages has relaunched a range of 75% LTV fixed-rate products across its core...

Regional rental trends diverge as affordability pressures persist

Rental price movements across the UK showed a mixed pattern in February, with regional...

Chetwood Bank appoints Darren Hodgson as BDM for the South

Chetwood Bank has appointed Darren Hodgson as business development manager covering the South of...

Why landlords will continue to play a central role in meeting housing demand

This month’s Spring Statement may not have delivered dramatic housing announcements, but the data...

Fleet Mortgages loosens buy-to-let criteria

Fleet Mortgages has introduced a series of criteria changes across its buy-to-let range aimed...

West One launches broker criteria search tool

Specialist lender West One has introduced a new criteria search tool on its website...

The Buckinghamshire raises expat BTL LTV limit and launches new fixes

Buckinghamshire Building Society has increased the maximum loan-to-value on its expat buy-to-let mortgages to...

Family BS unveils two-year limited company BTL fix at 4.69%

The Family Building Society has introduced a new two-year fixed rate for limited company...

Limited company landlords pull away from individual investors, research finds

The private rented sector is becoming increasingly divided along structural lines, with landlords operating...

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What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

Triple lock or no triple lock? That is not the question

The debate over the State Pension triple lock has returned. But perhaps the more important question is what the debate tells us about the...

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National Friendly expands adviser proposition with term assurance launch

National Friendly has moved further into the protection market with the launch of Friendly...

Nationwide names Richard Walker to lead intermediary sales and new-build business

Nationwide has appointed Richard Walker as head of intermediary sales and new build, bringing...

Saffron says brokers should look beyond labels on complex mortgage cases

Borrowers with non-standard incomes, unusual properties or international circumstances should not automatically be treated...

Walsham Brothers expands adviser reach with Paradigm Protect panel deal

Walsham Brothers has added Paradigm Protect to its growing list of distribution partners as...