Buy-to-let

UK Finance reports August activity pick-up

UK Finance has stated that first-time buyers borrowed £5.7 billion in August, 16% more than...

Knowledge Bank sees almost 12,000 criteria searches

Knowledge Bank has revealed that, in the month since its launch, brokers have conducted...

The Mansfield unveils new ‘top slicing’ BTL deal

The Mansfield Building Society has introduced a new buy-to-let product that lets a landlord’s personal...

SPV registration numbers still rising

Mortgages for Business has reported an increase in the volume of limited company mortgages...

Keystone improves lending criteria

Keystone Property Finance has made a series of criteria changes for both portfolio and...

Hometrack wins Foundation Home Loans contract

Foundation Home Loans has appointed Hometrack to provide Automated Valuation Model (AVM) services for its...

New fees-assisted remortgage deals from Kent Reliance

Kent Reliance has unveiled a fees-assisted remortgage product range for residential and standard buy-to-let...

Vida Homeloans unveils online buy-to-let calculator

Vida Homeloans has announced the launch of its new online buy-to-let affordability calculator. In...

Landbay teams up with property risk software developer

Landbay has partnered with property risk software developer eTech to implement its new online...

End of the Mortgage Trust brand

Paragon has merged its Mortgage Trust and Paragon Mortgages buy-to-let product range under a...

Equity release an option for portfolio landlords?

Retirement Advantage has claimed that landlords affected by the new PRA mortgage affordability checks could still...

L&G Mortgage Club updates BTL matrix

Legal & General Mortgage Club has updated its Buy to Let Matrix to include...

IMLA: outlook for specialist lenders is positive

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has reported that the value of specialist mortgage lenders’...

Aldermore to hold buy-to-let seminars at MBE London

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announce a buy-to-let seminar programme with Aldermore at the...

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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...

Why post-contract variation is becoming the mortgage market’s next battleground

For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...

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Zoopla signs Manchester Super Giants shirt deal

Zoopla has become the first official front-of-shirt partner of Manchester Super Giants for the...

Southwest Knotweed launches identification app

Southwest Knotweed Group has launched an app designed to help mortgage and property professionals...

Broker Conveyancing launches referral hub for advisers

Broker Conveyancing has launched a referral platform intended to make it quicker for mortgage...

House price rise puts mortgage resilience in sharper focus

Homebuyers should consider how they would meet mortgage payments if illness or injury affected...