Buy-to-let

P2P lender to join the CML

Landbay has become the first peer-to-peer lender to be invited to join the Council...

Precise enhances multiple property landlord criteria

Precise Mortgages has improved its criteria for landlords with multiple properties. The number of buy-to-let...

Accord cuts buy-to-let rates

Accord Buy to Let has reduced the rate on selected mortgages by up to...

Renters still pay £58 less per month than buyers

Latest research by Zoopla.co.uk has found the purchasing a property is more cost-effective than...

2015 trends in PRS continuing into Q4

The stability seen throughout 2015 in the private rented sector (PRS) continued in the...

Paradigm signs exclusive deal with Brightstar

Paradigm Mortgage Services has agreed an exclusive two-year partnership with Brightstar. Paradigm will, from today,...

Scottish average rents on the slide

As the Scottish government moves forward with proposals for rent controls and details of the...

Pepper unveils 1.99% deal

Pepper Homelands has announced its latest product offering. It is introducing two-year tracker rates...

New legislation could cause “legal minefield”

New legislation that came into force on 1 October will limit landlord’s powers to...

Shawbrook appoints new CEO

Steve Pateman has agreed to join Shawbrook Group plc as its new chief executive...

Freedom Finance ramps up intermediary staffing levels

Freedom Finance has revealed a more than doubling of its its intermediary-focussed staff numbers after...

Dragonfly reviews buy-to-let offering

Dragonfly Property Finance has made key changes to its buy-to-let product range. The lender has introduced the following...

Andy Young to retire from TBMC

Andy Young, CEO of buy-to-let mortgage specialist TBMC, is to retire at the end...

Two-year high for severe tenant arrears

The number of tenants seriously behind on rent has risen to the highest level...

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A steadier second half of 2026 in sight?

The first half of 2026 has been a reminder that the mortgage market does not operate in isolation. While domestic economic conditions have remained...

How brokers can secure better client outcomes in a volatile market

Experience has always counted in the mortgage market. Brokers who worked through the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic, the Liz Truss mini-Budget and cost-of-living...

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

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Leeds launches 98% LTV mortgage aimed at widening access for first-time buyers

Leeds Building Society has introduced a new 98% loan-to-value mortgage designed to help more...

Uinsure secures exclusive Lloyds Bank General Insurance panel deal for advisers

Uinsure has added Lloyds Bank General Insurance to its home insurance panel in an...

Clydesdale cuts selected residential product transfer rates

Clydesdale Bank is reducing a range of residential product transfer fixed mortgage rates from...

Foundation shows how revised Property Plus criteria unlock Scottish buy-to-let purchase

Foundation has highlighted how enhancements to its Property Plus proposition helped a broker secure...