Buy-to-let

59th securitisation completed by Paragon

The Paragon Group has completed its latest securitisation. Paragon Mortgages No.21 (PM21) is the fourth...

Seven rates cut by the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut rates on seven of its mortgages. The...

Mortgage Trust revamps product range

Mortgage Trust has changed rates across its fixed and tracker rate mortgages. The range includes...

Fleet Mortgages launches website

Fleet Mortgages has launched its new website at www.fleetmortgages.co.uk. The new website contains information...

15% monthly rise in number of BTL loans

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed there were 18,100 buy-to-let loans in...

Aldermore’s lending up 10%

Aldermore Bank has reported that its total lending to customers was up by 10%...

TBMC offers Hanley buy-to-let exclusive

TBMC has launched a new exclusive buy-to-let mortgage with Hanley Economic Building Society. The...

Serious rental arrears numbers improve

The total number of tenants in serious rental arrears fell by 9% over the...

Kent Reliance: Generation Let continues to grow and professionalise

Kent Reliance has revealed that the value of property owned by landlords in Great...

A third of landlords feeling more optimistic

Landlords are still experiencing high levels of demand during the third quarter. Paragon Mortgages' latest...

New buy-to-let fixes from the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society is launching a refreshed range of fixed rate buy-to-let products...

CML outlines lender concern over European directive

The forthcoming European mortgage credit directive looks set to be the most significant EU-wide...

London buy-to-let returns exceeding 11%

The Model Works' latest profitability index for London buy-to-lets has reported that five-year, geared,...

The Monmouthshire ups proc fees

The Monmouthshire Building Society has increasing the procuration fees it pays on buy-to-let, holiday...

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Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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First-time buyers turning to side hustles to bridge deposit gap

Almost half of aspiring first-time buyers are using secondary income streams to help fund...

Vida cuts residential rates and loosens criteria for self-employed and contractor borrowers

Vida has reduced selected residential mortgage rates by up to 106 basis points and...

Iress adds AI underwriting tool to The Exchange in protection push

Iress has struck a deal with The Interesting Life Company to offer an AI-powered...

Property firms still relying on manual checks as AI fraud risk grows

More than half of identity verification checks in UK finance and property businesses are...