Buy-to-let

Larger landlords feeling impact of stamp duty hike the most

Increasing numbers of landlords are considering moving their property investments into limited company vehicles.  That's...

Kensington unveils buy-to-let guide for investors

Kensington Mortgages has published a graphical guide that outlines the upcoming changes for buy-to-let investors. Changes...

Kensington reviews lending policy

Kensington has switched to paperless application processing and reviewed its lending policy, including changes to policies on...

Trio of promotions at Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has announced three internal staff promotions with the creation of new roles. Mark Whitear...

FHL: longer-term BTL rates should appease FPC

Foundation Home Loans’ commercial director, Simon Bayley, believes that much of the issue surrounding...

Virgin Money cuts residential and BTL rates

Virgin Money has made rate cuts on certain products across its core residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

IMLA fears PRA action will dumb down buy-to-let market

The intermediary Mortgage Lenders' Association (IMLA) has responded to the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) consultation...

Kent Reliance offers landlord guide to incorporating

Kent Reliance has commissioned a new report to educate landlords on the tax implications...

FTBs losing out to stampeding landlord investors

85% of estate agents reported an increase in the number of buy-to-let investors in...

BoE proposes BTL affordability tests

The Bank of England is seeking to further clamp down on the UK's buy-to-let...

BoE seeks to define ‘portfolio landlord’

The Bank of England's Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) intends to establish a standard definition of...

OneSavings Bank acquires £112m mortgage portfolio

OneSavings Bank plc has completed the purchase of a portfolio of UK first charge...

Lettings agents expect brake on rental market

The new stamp duty reforms for buy-to-let properties, which take place on 1 April, will...

New Street partners with L&G Mortgage Club

New Street Mortgages has announced a new distribution partnership with Legal and General Mortgage...
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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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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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