Buy-to-let

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...

New BTL fixed rates from Mortgage Trust

Mortgage Trust has unveiled a range of products catering for buy-to-let property purchases and remortgages....

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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...