Buy-to-let

The Mansfield to roll out KFI+

The Mansfield Building Society has outlined its approach to the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD). The...

Keystone streamlines Classic Range

Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages has streamlined its Classic Range, in move designed to...

Mortgage market finished 2015 on a high

The Bank of England has reported that the number of loan approvals for house...

BTL legal campaign has ‘reasonable chance of success’

The legal campaign against tax relief changes for buy-to-let landlords has progressed to the next...

Housing minister to address ARLA conference

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) is hosting its annual ARLA Conference on...

CML wants reform to Stamp Duty surcharge proposals

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has responded to the HM Treasury consultation on the 3% surcharge...

New landlords’ lost keys insurance deal unveiled

Keycare has launched a new intermediary-only, landlords’ insurance product for lost keys, to be...

MBE Leeds Expo open for registration

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) Leeds is now open for brokers, IFAs and financial intermediaries...

NatWest reduces higher LTV rates

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is cutting rates on a number of higher LTV residential mortgages...

Member milestone for Connect

Connect for Intermediaries now has over 100 Appointed Representative (AR) members. The specialist buy-to-let and commercial...

Brokers concerned about buy-to-let growth potential

Mortgage brokers are positive about the health of the buy-to-let market; however they do...

NAEA: 2015 not positive for housing market

The supply of available housing has almost halved in the past decade, according to...

Paragon expects trend towards professional landlords

The Paragon Group of Companies has issued a trading statement, based upon the business...

FHL hires marketing manager

Emma Lightfoot has joined Foundation Home Loans as marketing manager. She joins the Bracknell-based specialist...

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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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Precise cuts residential mortgage offer times with new platform

Precise has launched a residential mortgage platform after a pilot reduced average application-to-offer times...

Impaired credit mortgage sales rise to highest level since 2008

Mortgage lending to borrowers with impaired credit histories has climbed to levels not seen...

Councils to gain earlier powers over long-term empty homes

Councils will be able to intervene when homes have stood empty for six months...

Phoebus completes latest SOC 2 Type II assessment

Phoebus Software has renewed its SOC 2 Type II attestation after KPMG assessed the...