Buy-to-let

OSB reveals plans for PRA portfolio landlord changes

OneSavings Bank (OSB) has announced its new lending criteria for portfolio landlords to help...

L&G Mortgage Club outlines autumn event schedule

Legal & General Mortgage Club has published its calendar of Autumn events that focus...

Skipton International unveils BTL guide for renting to millennials

Skipton International has launched a new guide for buy-to-let investors looking at renting to...

New Street Mortgages introduces free BTL valuations

New Street Mortgages has made changes to its buy-to-let offering. The Northview Group...

Rise in first-time buyer borrowing

UK Finance has revealed that in June, first-time buyers borrowed £5.9bn, up 26% on...

Buy-to-let mortgage costs coming down

Mortgage Brain has reported further rate and cost reductions of most mainstream buy-to-let products...

FP Show expands lending remit

The Finance Professional Show (FP Show) will take place on 8 November at Olympia in...

Octane Capital refinances BTL portfolio despite credit issues

Octane Capital has completed a £1.1m refinance of a complex buy-to-let portfolio comprising four properties...

Landbay partners with Positive Lending

Positive Lending is to join Landbay’s panel of distribution partners. Landbay will help Positive Lending...

TMA unveils BTL Hub in advance of PRA changes

TMA has launched a dedicated website, the ‘BTL Hub’, to support advisers, ahead of...

AToM outlines September roadshow programme

All Types of Mortgages Ltd (AToM) has revealed the dates and locations for its September...

Trio of new broker BDMs for Together

Together has appointed three new business development managers to cover the North East, London...

Positive offers Marsden’s older borrower range

Positive Lending is adding Marsden Building Society’s Older Borrower products to its lending portfolio.  The...

Castle Trust outlines PRA phase 2 stance

Castle Trust Capital has revealed its approach to implementing of the PRA Phase 2...

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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...