Buy-to-let

Santander cuts high LTV rates

Santander has cut three high LTV products in its range as it seeks to continue to support...

Rental market shifts into a higher gear

the latest Buy-to-Let Index from Your Move and Reeds Rains has reported that rents...

TMW unveils its lowest ever BTL rates

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is tomorrow (21 August) cutting rates by up to 0.50...

Vantage Finance expands lender network

Master broker Vantage Finance has announced two new additions to its lender panel. The firm is now...

MBE London announces seminar line-up

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announced the series of seminars it will be holding...

Tax-free lodger income around the corner

Lodger rents are rising by 5.7% on average in a year across the UK...

TFC partners with Fleet Mortgages

TFC Homeloans has joined forces with Fleet Mortgages. The deal allows the distributor's brokers to...

Pepper Homeloans joins Complete FS panel

Complete FS has added Pepper Homeloans to its first charge buy-to-let and residential lender...

The Newcastle enters buy-to-let space

Newcastle Building Society Intermediary Services (NBSIS) has moved into the buy-to-let market with The Business Mortgage...

Repossession rate continues to fall

Latest data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) reveal that the repossession rate...

Accord offering low fee options to landlords

Accord Buy to Let is extending its range of £195 product fee mortgages. The fixed-rate mortgages...

TFC unveils introducer service

TFC Homeloans has launched a new Introducer Appointed Representative service. The referral-only service will...

CML: uptick in remortgage activity among home-owners

First-time buyers saw a large month-on-month increase in activity in June compared to May,...

The Leeds changes buy-to-let criteria

The Leeds Building Society is making changes to some of its lending criteria on...

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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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Eleos launches income protection with redundancy cover

Eleos Life has launched an income protection policy covering redundancy alongside illness and injury...

Trade bodies welcome first-time buyer scheme but call for careful design

Mortgage trade bodies have welcomed the government's proposed Your First Home scheme, while warning...

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...