Buy-to-let

BTL rush stretching first-time buyer affordability

Rightmove has reported a small rise of 0.4% (+£1,118) in price of property coming...

Dutch top EU buy-to-let investment poll

The Netherlands is the best location in the EU for buy-to-let investments as it...

Limited company BTL gaining in popularity

Foundation Home Loans has claimed that landlords are likely to favour limited company buy-to-let in...

Stamp Duty hike behind rise in new rentals

There was an 11.5% increase in new rental properties being listed in April, compared...

Kensington cuts buy-to-let mortgage rates

Kensington Mortgages has reducing the rates on buy-to-let products carrying a percentage fee by 25...

Virgin Money unveils rate cuts

Virgin Money has made a number of rate reductions on selected products.  Key changes to the...

Connect adds Kensington to panel

Connect for Intermediaries has become the latest specialist distributor to partner with Kensington. The specialist...

Advisers concerned over long-term BTL prospects

There has been a small rise in the volume of buy-to-let business being written...

CML: repossession rate “lowest on record”

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that the number of repossessions in...

Keystone to provide split stress tests

On 14 June Keystone Property Finance will introduce separate stress tests for individual and...

Attractive returns for landlords looking beyond London

LendInvest has looked at opportunities available to landlords who look beyond London and the...

Brightstar reveals EasySource launch date

Brightstar has announced that its specialist sourcing system and case management tool, EasySource, will...

OSB posts Q1 trading update

OneSavings Bank plc has reported that net loans and advances grew by £460m during...

Paradigm produces buy-to-let factsheet

Paradigm Mortgage Services has published an adviser factsheet on the recent developments and forthcoming changes...
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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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First-time buyers

Low-deposit mortgage lending climbs 38% to £24.7bn

Mortgage lending at loan-to-value ratios above 90% rose sharply over the past year as...
Cover

Stonebridge reports sharp rise in protection policies placed in trust

The proportion of protection policies being placed in trust has risen substantially over the...
News

Countrywide Surveying adds 35 newly qualified surveyors in 2026

Countrywide Surveying Services has added 35 newly qualified surveyors to its workforce so far...
Policy

Government plans 2.5% deposit scheme for first-time buyers

First-time buyers in England could purchase a new-build home with a deposit of just...