Buy-to-let

Accord lowers minimum BTL property value

Accord Buy to Let will now accept buy-to-let loans on properties worth £75,000 and...

TMW tightens buy-to-let criteria

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is making changes to its rental calculation and maximum LTV. From...

RBS sounds Williams & Glyn warning

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has reported a loss of £968 million for...

Kensington prices £350m securitisation

Kensington Mortgages has raised further funding in the capital markets through a new securitisation,...

Land Registry: house prices down 0.5% in March

The Land Registry March house price data has revealed a monthly price fall of 0.5%. The...

Paragon: decline in landlords’ purchasing intentions

Landlords are strengthening their credit profiles as they shift investment away from new acquisitions...

New Street Mortgages partners with Intrinsic

New Street Mortgages has expanded its distribution to include Intrinsic Financial Services. The new agreement will see...

BBA: 64% year-on-year rise in mortgage lending

The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has revealed that gross mortgage borrowing of £17.1 billion...

Shawbrook promotes HMO valuation framework

New research from Shawbrook Bank suggests that 53% of property investors are looking to enter or expand in the...

Lloyds promises ‘hassle free’ mortgage offer

Lloyds Bank has launched a new ‘hassle free’ mortgage offer, providing first time buyers, home...

Existing landlords benefiting from stamp duty hike

Taking into account both rental income and capital growth, but before property-specific costs such...

Public support for stamp duty surcharge

When asked whether they support or oppose the recent stamp duty surcharge on second...

CML: March saw largest stamp duty ‘distortion’ to date

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending totalled £25.7...

FHL hits 95% completion rate before SDLT deadline

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has reported that over 94% of packaged cases received by...
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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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Phoebus completes latest SOC 2 Type II assessment

Phoebus Software has renewed its SOC 2 Type II attestation after KPMG assessed the...
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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...
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Stonebridge reports sharp rise in protection policies placed in trust

The proportion of protection policies being placed in trust has risen substantially over the...
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Countrywide Surveying adds 35 newly qualified surveyors in 2026

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