Buy-to-let

New Street cuts two-year fixed rate

Buy-to-let lender New Street Mortgages is cutting its two-year fixed rate by 80bps to...

‘Surge’ in new buy-to-let listings

There was an 11.4% increase in new buy-to-let properties being advertised in October compared...

Vida Homeloans expands packager panel

Vida Homeloans is expanding the panel of packaging partners distributing its range of residential...

New intermediary exclusives from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has revised its mortgage range, with the launch of new intermediary exclusive two-year...

Attitudes to BTL market “remain incredibly positive”

Bank of Ireland has stated that its latest UK’s Buy-to-Let Market Index shows that...

Kensington revamps buy-to-let offering

Kensington has launches Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and multi-unit exclusives for specialist distributors...

ChaseBlue partners with Together

ChaseBlue Loans and Together have completed a £785,000 second charge buy-to-let mortgage in a...

Keystone changes Classic criteria

Keystone Property Finance has made three changes to its Classic Range lending criteria. The...

FCA concerned by ‘high risk’ sector appetite

Lynda Blackwell, mortgage sector manager at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), says the regulator...

Don’t expect tax relief u-turn

People hoping for a u-turn from the Chancellor in the upcoming Autumn Statement on the...

Together cuts buy-to-let rates

Specialist lender Together has lowered its rates on first charge buy-to-let mortgages. The changes take rates...

Record pipeline for OneSavings Bank

OneSavings Bank plc (OSB), has published a trading update for the period from 1...

TFC Homeloans reaches CaseBldr milestone

TFC Homeloans has passed the £1bn mark in enquiries submitted to its broker software...

Fleet refreshes complete product offering

Fleet Mortgages has revamped its complete product range. New products are available for individuals, limited companies and those...

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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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Just one in seven homes records five years of growth

Fewer than one in seven UK homes increased in value during every year of...

Word On The Street arranges £108m of property finance in record year

Word On The Street arranged more than £108 million of property finance across 239...

Beverley enhances SIPP income assessment

Beverley Building Society has introduced a tiered approach to assessing income from self-invested personal...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM)...