Buy-to-let

HSBC cuts residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

HSBC UK is reducing rates across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges from 19...

Virgin Money cuts new business fixed rates but raises buy-to-let transfer pricing

Virgin Money will reduce selected residential purchase and remortgage fixed rates while increasing some...

Tenant demand rises for first time in two years

Tenant demand increased in the second quarter of 2026, reversing two years of decline,...

L&G appoints Kerrigan to drive Ignite broker rollout

Legal & General has appointed Craig Kerrigan as broker relationship manager for its Ignite...

United Trust Bank creates expanded role for buy-to-let and bridging

United Trust Bank has promoted Gene Clohessy to director of buy-to-let and bridging, giving...

Landlords exploit softer market with lowball offers

More than half of buy-to-let investor offers were at least 10% below the original...

ModaMortgages trims limited-edition five-year fixed rates

ModaMortgages has reduced rates by up to 10 basis points across its limited-edition five-year...

The Coventry cuts fixed rates by up to 20bps

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced every fixed-rate mortgage in its range, with lower rates...

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no...

Paragon restores Track to Fix option on buy-to-let tracker mortgages

Paragon Bank has reintroduced a feature allowing existing buy-to-let customers to move from a...

Molo cuts buy-to-let mortgage rates by 12 basis points

Molo has reduced rates across its standard and specialist buy-to-let mortgage ranges for UK...

Knowledge Bank opens broker search data to lenders through KB PRO

Knowledge Bank has launched an intelligence service that allows mortgage lenders to analyse more...

Prime London sales falter as rental growth hits 18-month high

Prime London sales activity weakened in July while annual rental growth accelerated to its...

StrideUp cuts HMO and MUFB finance rates and raises broker fees

StrideUp has reduced rates across its houses in multiple occupation (HMO) and multi-unit freehold...

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The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

Triple lock or no triple lock? That is not the question

The debate over the State Pension triple lock has returned. But perhaps the more important question is what the debate tells us about the...

Your clients have already asked AI

The FCA published research on 27 August showing that 56% of 18- to 40-year-olds who hold or are considering investments say they trust AI...

The technology that matters doesn’t make the decision

We have a tendency when talking about mortgage technology to start with what it can automate. How many documents can it process, how quickly can...

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Propertymark warns Scottish mansion tax could restrict housing market

Propertymark has warned plans for a Scottish “mansion tax” could make it harder for...

Berkeley calls for stamp duty overhaul to kick-start housing market

Berkeley Group has called on the Government to slash stamp duty for first-time buyers...

Stronger UK growth adds to interest rate uncertainty

Stronger-than-expected UK economic growth has added another complication to the outlook for interest rates...

Tipton expands Credit Plus range with second tier

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has added a second tier to its Credit Plus...