Buy-to-let

Together cuts rates for personal finance deals

Specialist lender Together has reduced interest rates across its personal finance products, including right-to-buy...

Paragon’s lending up 29%

Paragon Banking Group has reported underlying profits of £145 million for the year ended...

BUDGET 2017: railcard to boost rental markets?

Philip Hammond announced a new railcard for 26-30 year olds in the Budget today. He...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts BTL and self-employed rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates within its buy-to-let and self-employed mortgage range. Buy-to-let remortgage  deals...

IMLA: leave PRS and buy-to-let alone in Budget

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has warned that Philip Hammond should not be...

Ensure you broaden your revenue base

There’s a huge amount of excitement in the broker community at present — and...

Coventry for Intermediaries launches new Flexx for Term BTLs

Coventry for Intermediaries has launched new Flexx for Term buy-to-let mortgages at 50%-75% LTVs. Rates...

The Bath BS unveils expat BTL mortgage

The Bath Building Society has launched a buy-to-let mortgage product for expats. It is available...

BTL costs unaffected by PRA changes

New data from Mortgage Brain has showed that buy-to-let mortgage costs have remained stable despite...

LendInvest unveils professional landlord deal

LendInvest has launched a buy-to-let loan product targeted at experienced, professional property investors and...

September remortgaging boosted by rate rise expectations

UK Finance has reported that total mortgage lending declined in September but remained higher...

New quartet of Private Label deals

Brightstar Financial has launched four new and exclusive, specialist residential and buy-to-let mortgage products...

Rental market slows over past 12 months

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) has revealed that a new economic index created by...

Axis Bank partners with eTech

Axis Bank has selected property risk software developer eTech to provide an online solution...

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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...