Buy-to-let

CML: rise in first-time buyer activity

First-time buyers saw month-on-month and year-on-year increases in activity by volume and by value in September,...

Berkeley Alexander offers full cover for unoccupied BTLs

General insurance provider Berkeley Alexander has upgraded its landlord buy-to-let product, with reduced premium rates...

FHL unveils semi-exclusive BTL range

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has launched a new 'semi-exclusive' range of products via six of...

Aldermore unveils its lowest BTL term variable deal

Aldermore has introduced a new limited edition buy-to-let remortgage product, its lowest ever buy-to-let...

Fleet sets new lending target for 2016

Fleet Mortgages has said it will hit its lending targets for 2015. In the...

BM Solutions revises BTL notional/stress rate

BM Solutions is updating the notional/stress rate used in the rental assessment for buy-to-let...

DPS: tenants don’t want longer tenancies

Eight out of 10 of those renting accommodation want tenancy agreements of one year or...

TFC teams up with Pepper Homeloans

TFC Homeloans has added Pepper Homeloans to its mortgage lender panel. Brokers can now access...

The Mansfield unveils new specialist buy-to-let

The Mansfield Building Society has added a specialist product available for regulated activity, light...

Charter Court passes £2.5bn completion milestone

The owner of Precise Mortgages and Charter Savings Bank has published its results for...

OneSavings Bank on track to meet targets

OneSavings Bank, the specialist lending and retail savings group, has reported growth in net...

Paratus AMC makes IT board appointment

Paratus AMC has appointed Roulla Williams as chief technology officer. She joins the residential...

Aldermore unveils Landlord Hub

Aldermore has announced the launch of a new Landlord Hub, designed to host information...

Fleet Mortgages hires BDM pair

Fleet Mortgages has added two new field-based business development managers (BDMs) to its sales...

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Buy-to-let has matured as a market

Buy-to-let turned 30 last week, and it's a good moment for some much-needed positivity around this market. Whatever the narrative around buy-to-let has been at...

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...

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Advice firm wins first client through ChatGPT after AI visibility push

A financial advice firm secured its first client through ChatGPT within two weeks of...

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...