Buy-to-let

Remain positive about buy-to-let

I think it’s fair to say that no-one working within the buy-to-let market anticipated...

TMW cuts buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has cut new mortgage rates by up to 0.85 percentage...

BoE: 8.5% rise in gross advances

The proportion of lending for house purchase in the third quarter of the year...

New buy-to-let deals from the Skipton

Skipton Building Society has launched a new range of fixed rate buy-to-let purchase products with rates reduced...

Yields and tenant demand remains strong

Tenant demand has continued to grow across the country in the third quarter of...

Company BTL on the rise following tax changes

Changes to the tax treatment of landlords have already triggered a surge in landlords...

Virgin Money makes fixed rate changes

Virgin Money has made changes to its mortgage range, cutting interest rates on higher LTV fixed rate...

New three-year second charge fixes from Masthaven

Masthaven Secured Loans (MSL) has launched a new range of three-year fixed rates across...

Charles Canning back at the helm at Accord

Accord Mortgages has announced the appointment of Charles Canning as managing director. He joined...

BoE ready to intervene in buy-to-let market

The Bank of England has expressed its concerns over the buy-to-let sector. The central bank...

Conveyancing ‘mayhem’ from stamp duty hike likely

Broker Conveyancing has warned that the increases to stamp duty land tax for buy-to-let...

Kensington celebrates 20th anniversary

Specialist lender Kensington is celebrating its 20th anniversary with an industry lunch in London. It...

Accord cuts 75% LTV buy-to-let rates

Accord Buy to Let has reduced the rates on its range of two-year fixed...

Together rescues buy-to-let investor

Specialist lender Together has rescued a property investor whose lender had let him down. ...

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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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Alps expands landlord insurance add-ons on Acturis

Alps has made its full range of let property insurance add-ons available through the...

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...

Landbay webinar to examine outlook for rates and UK economy

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

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...