Buy-to-let

Budget consequences will run and run

If Chancellor George Osborne wanted to get the nation talking over the summer period...

Rental yields losing their momentum

The latest Complex Buy to Let Index from Mortgages for Business has reported a...

TSB Intermediary broadens its buy-to-let range

TSB has introduced buy-to-let remortgages over a three-year term, as well as launching two-year...

New mortgage permutations from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has added new deals to its mortgage offering. The latest products...

Summer Budget 2015 – major change to buy-to-let

The Chancellor announced a major change to buy-to-let mortgage interest relief in today's Budget. George...

Summer Budget 2015 speech – in full

Mr Deputy Speaker, This is a Budget that puts security first. It’s a Budget that recognises...

Mortgage market bounced back in May

Both residential (£11.1bn) and buy-to-let lending (£3.4bn) in May were higher than in April,...

HMO investment outperforming traditional buy-to-let

Platinum Property Partners has revealed that its analysis comparing Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)...

Paragon refreshes mortgage range

Paragon Mortgages has launched a range of three year fixed rate products and refreshed...

Paratus AMC welcomes Keystone-Landbay partnership

Paratus AMC has welcomed the new partnership between buy-to-let lender Keystone and Landbay, the...

New chairman for Shawbrook

Iain Cornish has been appointed as chairman of Shawbrook Group. Sir George Mathewson has stepped...

BoE’s buy-to-let concerns echoed by Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has backed the Bank of England regarding its concerns over the buy-to-let market...

New MD for APAC Systems

Peter Heigho has become managing director of specialist financial technology business APAC Systems. He has 25 years’...

Rate cuts and new BTL from the Hinckley & Rugby

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reduced the interest rates on four mortgages, including one...

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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...