Buy-to-let

New lows for buy-to-let mortgage flat fees

Flat fees for buy-to-let mortgages are now lower than they have been at any...

2017 FP Show opens for registration

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

Accord’s BTL deals now open to first-time landlords

Accord’s buy-to-let mortgage range is now available to those buying a property to let...

Call to tackle informal lease extensions

Leasehold Solutions has called on the government to rescue the "forgotten casualties" of the...

TMW cuts two and five year rates

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has reduced rates on selected two-year tracker products by up...

Remortgage lending gradually decreasing each month

UK Finance has reported that in May, home buyers borrowed £10.8bn, up 10% on...

Landlords focussing on lower value properties

The latest Complex Buy-to-let Index by Mortgages for Business has found that landlords are...

Paragon outlines PRA Phase 2 implementation schedule

Paragon has stated that it will implement the PRA Phase 2 changes, which require...

Hinckley & Rugby applications top £100m in H1

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reported that it received over £100m of...

Keystone to up Classic Range proc fee

Keystone is to increase the Classic Range procuration fee paid to brokers by 10...

‘Rapid increase’ in product availability over past two years

The number of mortgage products available to advisers has increased by 108% over the...

Landbay offers point-of-demand insurance for landlords

Landbay has partnered with Legal & General to launch Landbay Insurance, a point-of-demand insurance service...

Keystone Property Finance joins TMA panel

Keystone Property Finance has joined TMA’s Mortgage Club. Aimed at landlords with typically more complex...

The Skipton makes cuts to buy-to-let range

Skipton Building Society has reduced rates by up to 0.28 percentage points across its...

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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...