Buy-to-let

Industry reviews 2017 sales and lettings performance

NAEA and ARLA Propertymark have published sales and lettings data for 2017. NAEA Propertymark found...

Portfolio landlord boost for Octane Capital

Octane Capital has reported a 27% increase in enquiries from portfolio landlords during October...

The Buy to Let Business expands management team

Paul Elliott is to join the Buy to Let Business' management team in December. He...

Capital raising interest from portfolio landlords

Portfolio and professional landlords are increasingly looking to capital raise via remortgaging in order...

Precise to offer income supported BTL

Precise Mortgages is to launch Income Supported Buy to Let on 5 December, allowing...

Landlords: tenant fee ban may discourage use of letting agents

Paragon has wanted that 30% of landlords may be discouraged from letting property via...

Highlands & Islands lead Scottish rental market

Your Move Scotland has found that the rental market north of the border continued...

New portfolio landlord product search tool unveiled

Mortgages for Business has issued an update to its online Buy to Let Mortgage...

Foundation Home Loans ups portfolio limits to £3m

Foundation Home Loans has increased the maximum total borrowing limits on its buy-to-let range...

Platform adjusts interest cover ratio requirements

Platform will now assess all buy-to-let mortgage applications made by lower rate tax payers...

Paragon unveils temporary fee removal offer

Paragon is scrapping valuation and application fees on all its buy-to-let Portfolio products for...

East of England the base of rental resurgence

Your Move's latest England & Wales Buy to Let Index has found that rental...

SimplyBiz Mortgages adds FHL to panel

Foundation Home Loans has joined SimplyBiz Mortgages’ lender panel. SimplyBiz Mortgages members will have direct...

New buy-to-let exclusive for 3mc

3mc is now offering an exclusive two-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage deal funded by...

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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...