Buy-to-let

IRESS unveils new sourcing product

IRESS has launched XPLAN Mortgage, its new product for mortgage intermediaries. The firm aims...

Summer sees remortgage lending gradually creeping up

35% of borrowers who remortgaged last month chose to increase the size of their...

Profits up 11% at Paragon

The Paragon Group of Companies has reported that its operating profits totalled £98 million...

90% deals see large rate drops

Mortgage Brain’s latest quarterly product data analysis shows a further widespread drop in mortgage...

Precise unveils BTL second charge range

Precise Mortgages has launched a range of buy-to-let second charge loan products, aimed at...

Profits up at Shawbrook

Shawbrook Bank has reported an increase in underlying profit before taxation in the first...

Shawbrook unveils new residential investment product

The commercial mortgages division at Shawbrook Bank  has made changes to its residential investment product...

Metro Bank joins TMA panel

Metro Bank has been appointed to TMA’s lender panel. The bank will offer both residential mortgages...

Uinsure launches 5 Star landlord/BTL insurance

General insurance provider Uinsure has launched its Defaqto 5 Star rated landlord/buy-to-let insurance policy. The...

£300m securitisation for Paragon

The Paragon Group of Companies has completed its latest securitisation. Paragon Mortgages No.23 (PM23) is...

Expectation of short and medium-term rent rises

36% of lettings agents said that rents had increased between May and June, the...

June mortgage lending reaches highest level since credit crunch

Analysis of the intermediary marketplace conducted by Equifax Touchstone shows June 2015 was the...

Connect unveils summer roadshow lender line-up

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC) has revealed that 14 specialist lenders will be supporting its buy-to-let...

Minority stake taken in Brightstar

Private investment vehicle Omni Equity Partners has bought a minority stake in distributor Brightstar. Omni Equity...
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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...
First-time buyers

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...
Artificial Intelligence

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...
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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...