Buy-to-let

Together commits to portfolio landlords

Together has become the latest lender to outline it approach to buy-to-let portfolio landlords...

Strategic upheaval at Paragon

The Paragon Group of Companies has announces a strategic reorganisation as part of its...

LendInvest hires ex-Aldermore commercial mortgages head

LendInvest has appointed Ian Boden as its sales director. Boden (pictured) joins LendInvest...

Metro Bank “committed” to portfolio landlords

Metro Bank will apply the revised underwriting standards to its portfolio buy-to-let business when...

Vida Homeloans reinstates Limited Edition range

Vida Homeloans has reintroduced its Limited Edition range of residential and buy-to-let mortgages. The products...

UK buy-to-let market 25th best in Europe

The UK is now in the bottom five European buy-to-let markets for investors, according...

Accord publishes portfolio landlord approach

Accord Mortgages has published its lending criteria for portfolio landlords, which comes into effect on...

PRA & BTL: there will be no car crash

Looking at the recent trade press headlines about the buy-to-let market, in particular how...

FHL raises maximum BTL loan size

Foundation Home Loans has increased its maximum loan size across its buy-to-let range. The maximum...

Barclays confirms portfolio landlord commitment

Barclays is to continue to accept buy-to-let portfolio landlord applications after the Prudential Regulation...

New fixed rates and trackers for Barclays

Barclays has made changes to its residential and buy-to-let product range. It has also unveiled...

Foundation Home Loans maintains portfolio landlord policy

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) will continue to provide its range of mortgage products to...

FSE 2017: TMA unveils BTL insurance provision

TMA launched a buy-to-let insurance provision at the Financial Services Expo yesterday. This follows...

FSE 2017: buy-to-let market remains resilient

Buy-to-let gross mortgage lending figures for 2016 are unlikely to be beaten for some...

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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...