Buy-to-let

Openwork reaches £8bn in lending

Openwork has reported over £8bn in mortgage completions up to the end of the...

Pepper joins Mortgage Intelligence panel

Pepper Homeloans has been appointed to the Mortgage Intelligence lending panel.  Appointed Representative (AR) network...

FHL raises buy-to-let portfolio limits

Foundation Home Loans has made a number of changes to its criteria concerning proof of income...

Landlords back compulsory client money protection

A new survey conducted by Total Landlord Insurance has found that, of the 85% of landlords...

Bridging lender receives BTL authorisation

Kuflink Bridging has received notification from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that it has...

Pair of two-year BTL deals unveiled by the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has introduced two new fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages for the...

ARLA: positive picture for renters

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has found that, in September, letting agents...

New five-year BTL deal from Together

Together has unveiled new five-year fixed buy-to-let mortgage. Meanwhile, the maximum loan size has been...

Wales to maintain stamp duty surcharge

The Welsh government has decided to continue the additional 3% stamp duty surcharge on...

Shawbrook continues commercial partner days

Shawbrook Bank's commercial mortgage team has welcomed over a hundred brokers to its annual...

Landbay unveils professional landlord products

Landbay has launched a new range of limited edition lending products with no Early...

New BTL deals from the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has unveiled a pair of new buy-to-let mortgages. These...

Government’s landlord tax claims “tosh”, says NLA

Over 400,000 landlords (22%) who pay the basic rate of tax will be forced into...

The Mansfield becomes TMA panel lender

The Mansfield Building Society has launched as a panel lender with The Mortgage Alliance (TMA).  It will...

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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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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)...

Conveyancing costs hold at 0.53% of house prices

Conveyancing costs remained unchanged as a proportion of UK house prices during the year...

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...