Buy-to-let

Metro Bank revises professional landlord offering

Metro Bank has made changes to its portfolio buy-to-let range. Rates across its core range...

TMW cuts two-year buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has cut rates on selected two-year buy-to-let fixed rate mortgages by 0.15 percentage...

Buy to Let Club partners with Precise Mortgages

Buy to Let Club has teamed up with Precise Mortgages to offer its members an...

Mortgage lending up at the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has reported a 3.8% growth in mortgage assets in 2016...

Vida Homeloans cuts buy-to-let mortgage rates

Vida Homeloans has cut its two-year tracker, two-year fixed and five-year fixed rates on...

London rental market cooling?

Areas around London are now seeing large rent rises instead of the city itself, according...

New buy-to-let proposition from New Street

New Street Mortgages is to make changes to its buy-to-let offering on 28 March. Its rental cover will start from...

TFC Homeloans links with Axis Bank

TFC Homeloans has teamed up with specialist buy-to-let lender Axis Bank UK. Brokers will now be...

Slowdown for London rent increases

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has reported that just 8% of agents...

Half of salary goes on private rent

Momentum UK's latest Financial Wellness Index has found that private renters go on fewer...

Govt could target limited company BTL

Robert Sinclair, chief executive of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), believes the government might...

A good start for buy-to-let in 2017

It makes no sense to tempt fate in this marketplace, and one swallow does...

Together appoints corporate development director

Specialist lender Together has appointed commercial lending veteran Steve Luty as its corporate development...

Keystone joins SimplyBiz Mortgages panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced its partnership with specialist buy-to-let lender Keystone Property Finance. With...

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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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House price rise puts mortgage resilience in sharper focus

Homebuyers should consider how they would meet mortgage payments if illness or injury affected...

Simplify’s trust gives £22,500 to nine local charities

The Simplify Charitable Trust has donated £22,500 to nine charities working in communities across...

Landlords turn to portfolio refinancing to fund expansion

More than three-quarters of landlords are considering refinancing their existing portfolios to fund further...

LiveMore launches mortgage for homes with spray foam insulation

LiveMore has launched a mortgage designed for homeowners whose properties have become difficult to...