Buy-to-let

Uinsure launches 5 Star landlord/BTL insurance

General insurance provider Uinsure has launched its Defaqto 5 Star rated landlord/buy-to-let insurance policy. The...

£300m securitisation for Paragon

The Paragon Group of Companies has completed its latest securitisation. Paragon Mortgages No.23 (PM23) is...

Expectation of short and medium-term rent rises

36% of lettings agents said that rents had increased between May and June, the...

June mortgage lending reaches highest level since credit crunch

Analysis of the intermediary marketplace conducted by Equifax Touchstone shows June 2015 was the...

Connect unveils summer roadshow lender line-up

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC) has revealed that 14 specialist lenders will be supporting its buy-to-let...

Minority stake taken in Brightstar

Private investment vehicle Omni Equity Partners has bought a minority stake in distributor Brightstar. Omni Equity...

Monthly rise in rents of 1.4%

The latest Buy-to-Let Index from Your Move and Reeds Rains has found that average...

AToM partners with Axis Bank

All Types of Mortgages (AToM) is to distribute mortgage products from Axis Bank. Product details include no...

Blemain Group develops broker portal

Blemain Group has further developed its broker portal, My Broker Venue. The automated...

FHL hires new account manager

Foundation Home Loans has appointed Colin Dorman as regional account manager for the South...

Many tenants renting sub-standard properties

Latest research has found that over half of tenants complained they experienced problems with...

Kensington overhauls its buy-to-let offering

Kensington Mortgages has revamped its buy-to-let mortgage range, introducing improved rental calculations and removing...

Direct Line in trouble over landlord insurance radio ad

Direct Line has had a radio ad banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA),...

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Registration is open for Front Events' third London Financial Services Expo. The two-day show, to be...

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What the agents say: 2026 housing market predictions

Next year should be a year of steady progress for the housing market. After a challenging 2025 where we saw little to no house...

Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market

When Graham McClelland, the youthful and quietly intense chief executive of Gen H, arrived at the City of London office of the fast-growing mortgage...

Younger consumers are ready for protection. So why aren’t we reaching them?

For years, the protection market has assumed that younger adults are less engaged with financial risk planning. Yet the latest findings from Bruised Britain...

The buy-to-let market continues to defy expectations

Perception and reality are often mistaken for one another. That is especially true in the buy-to-let market, where sentiment frequently diverges from what is...

Advisers are missing a clear chance to help clients with survey advice

For years, advisers have often seen surveys as something outside their core work. Some did not know enough about them. Some were unsure how...

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MPs launch inquiry into OBR’s first 15 years

The Treasury Committee has launched an inquiry to reflect on the Office for Budget...

Atom backs investor’s move into commercial property with £3m warehouse loan

Atom bank has completed a £3 million commercial mortgage to support an established residential...

CHL Mortgages widens upper LTV range with new fixed-rate options

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has expanded its upper loan-to-value range with a series of...

Swansea Building Society expands West Wales leadership remit

Swansea Building Society has promoted Sioned Jones to area manager, West Wales, with effect...