Buy-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...

Aldermore provides guide on PRA underwriting changes

Aldermore has launched a high level guide to help brokers and their clients navigate Prudential...

Slowdown in rent rises continues

Landbay's latest Rental Index has found that the average rent of a new letting...

Landlords urge govt u-turn on tax relief changes

Paragon Mortgages’ latest PRS Trends Report for Q2 2017 has found landlords calling on...

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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...