Buy-to-let

Conveyancing portal seeing major BTL activity

SortRefer, the conveyancing online portal, has seen a recent surge in requests for its buy-to-let remortgage conveyancing...

The Leeds opts for KFI+ over ESIS

The Leeds Building Society says it is on track for the new Europe-wide mortgage regulations...

Bridging finance “still popular beyond buy-to-let”

Clever Lending has reported a steady increase in bridging finance applications for a variety of...

Precise unveils limited company BTL deal

Precise Mortgages will tomorrow (21 January) launch a limited company buy-to-let product. Rates start at 4.09%...

New BTL app for Android released

Mortgages for Business's Buy To Let app is now available to Android users. The free...

Scheme aims to strengthen renters’ credit histories

Experian has found that one in three private tenants has put their plans to...

Rental calculation rises “will not affect lending”

Buy to Let Club says its research suggests that increases in rental cover can be...

InterBay offers new HMO refurb range

InterBay Commercial has made changes to its refurb proposition, which is available for experienced landlords through...

“Conveyancing choice vital” with looming stamp duty deadline

Fleet Mortgages has urged all mortgage advisers to pay attention to their clients’ choice of conveyancing...

FHL: landlords shouldn’t pay surcharge for limited company BTL

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has claimed that market forces will ensure that landlords do...

29% rise in completions at Paradigm

Paradigm Mortgage Services has revealed that its members placed £3.45 billion of mortgage completions through it in 2015,...

Average UK rents rise twice as fast as wages

Average UK rental prices performed strongly in 2015 despite a small seasonal dip in...

New BTL intermediary exclusives from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has made changes to its buy-to-let mortgage range, introducing new intermediary exclusives...

CML: house purchase lending up year-on-year in November

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has reported that home-owner house purchase lending totalled £10.7bn...
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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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Lifetime ISAs linked to £67.5bn of first-time buyer property purchases

Lifetime ISAs have helped more than 417,000 people buy their first home since the...
Economy

Landbay webinar to examine outlook for rates and UK economy

Landbay is to host an economic webinar examining the outlook for interest rates, inflation...
First-time buyers

Cost of living hits homeownership plans for more than half of young Scots

More than half of younger adults in Scotland say cost-of-living pressures are the biggest...
Technology

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...