Buy-to-let

Outer boroughs offer most affordable London rents

Landbay has found that graduates renting in London are spending over 45% of their...

The Bucks BS launches limited company buy-to-let

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has unveiled a range of new buy to let products, including...

Skipton International reaches 1,000 expat mortgages

Skipton International has reached 1000 mortgages on UK buy-to-let properties for British expats, with...

L&G Mortgage Club events to include Lingfield

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced the addition of Lingfield to its Autumn...

“UK’s first criteria search system” launches

Knowledge Bank, which claims to be the UK’s first criteria search system, has...

Mortgages for Business hires finance director

Mortgages for Business has recruited William Grove as its new finance director. Grove joins from...

TDS partners with deposit replacement insurance provider

Tenancy deposit protection and dispute resolution company The Dispute Service (TDS) has announced a...

Foundation Home Loans improves limited company proposition

Foundation Home Loans has removed the £500 processing and administration fee for buy-to-let applications...

Keystone brings forward proc fee rise

Keystone Property Finance has expedited its planned procuration fee rise by one month.  Brokers...

Shrinking supply pushes up rents

Your Move has reported that average rents increased in most areas of England and...

Precise outlines portfolio landlord strategy

Precise Mortgages has announced its approach to portfolio landlords ahead of the implementation of...

Landlords identify next London hotspots

Landlords believe the next London property hotspots will include the likes of Woodford, Leytonstone...

IMLA sees improving picture for first-time buyers

88% of mortgage applications made via intermediaries resulted in offers during the second quarter...

New deals for landlords from Accord

Accord Buy To Let has aunched a choice of new mortgages for landlords with...

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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...