Buy-to-let

Mortgage Trust updates buy-to-let offering

Mortgage Trust has introduced a selection of new rates to its buy-to-let product range,...

The Teachers cuts buy-to-let rates

The Teachers Building Society has reduced the rate on its new buy-to-let products. The mortgages are...

NatWest IS cuts residential rates

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has made rate cuts to a number of buy-to-let and higher LTV...

TFC Homeloans joins NACFB

TFC Homeloans has joined the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB). The distributor says...

Connect Mortgages partners with Buy2Let.com

Buy2Let.com, a property search portal for the buy-to-let market has teamed up with specialist...

Small increase in tenant demand over last quarter

The latest BM Solutions buy-to-let quarterly index has found that 40% of landlords have witnessed a...

Landlords expect rental arrears to remain low

75% of landlords surveyed are confident rental arrears will remain stable over the next...

How landlords might respond to tax relief changes

Now that some of the dust has settled from George Osborne’s Emergency Budget particularly...

Largest annual increase in rents for two years

Private rental prices paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 2.5% in the...

Cost of BTL mortgages for companies could fall

The latest Buy-to-Let Mortgage Costs Index from Mortgages for Business has revealed that, as...

CML welcomes new members and associates

Two new members and two new associates have joined the Council of Mortgage Lenders...

Goldsmith Williams unveils new company buy-to-let service

Following recent changes announced which reduce the tax relief of high income private landlords, Goldsmith...

TSB introduces new buy-to-let deals

TSB has extended its buy-to-let mortgage range to include two year fixed rate mortgages...

Fleet Mortgages outlines roadshow appearances

Fleet Mortgages has set out its appearances at a timetable of summer and autumn...

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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...