Buy-to-let

Rents fall over 2025 for first time on record

Rents across Great Britain fell over the course of 2025 for the first time...

The Cambridge lifts LTV on expat and holiday let buy-to-let mortgages

The Cambridge Building Society has increased the maximum loan-to-value on two specialist buy-to-let ranges...

Coventry targets energy-efficient buy-to-let with new intermediary range

Coventry for intermediaries has launched a new range of buy-to-let products aimed at landlords...

What could shape buy-to-let in 2026 and the impact for advisers

As we move slowly into 2026, the buy-to-let market feels more settled than it...

Market Financial Solutions promotes 26 staff as leadership ranks expand

Market Financial Solutions has announced a round of 26 internal promotions, reflecting continued growth...

Moloney promoted to group role as OSB sharpens digital focus for brokers

OSB Group has promoted Adrian Moloney to group lending distribution director as it steps...

Rent growth slows as market cools after pandemic surge

Average rents across Britain rose by just over 2% in 2025, the weakest annual...

YBS Commercial expands buy-to-let range with new two-year fixed rates

YBS Commercial Mortgages has introduced new two-year fixed-rate products for landlords as part of...

Paymentshield: home insurance referrals climb sharply as advisers embrace referral model

Advisers are increasingly turning to referrals for home and landlord insurance, with new data...

Louisa Sedgwick on Paragon and the future of buy-to-let

Three decades into a career she never really planned, Louisa Sedgwick sits at the...

Pepper Money trims residential pricing and adds free valuations to buy-to-let range

Pepper Money has reduced rates across its Pepper48 residential range and introduced free valuations...

Rental yields edge higher as regional gap narrows, Fleet data shows

Average rental yields increased on both a quarterly and annual basis in the final...

Keystone integrates valuation platform in bid to speed up complex cases

Specialist buy-to-let lender Keystone Property Finance has partnered with valuation panel manager Method in...

December slowdown masks steadier footing for mortgage market heading into 2026

Mortgage activity eased sharply in December as the year-end lull set in, but annual...

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What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

Triple lock or no triple lock? That is not the question

The debate over the State Pension triple lock has returned. But perhaps the more important question is what the debate tells us about the...

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Virgin Money raises selected mortgage rates and launches new 60% LTV deals

Virgin Money is increasing selected residential and buy-to-let rates from 16 September while withdrawing...

Clydesdale to raise residential product transfer rates by up to 0.20%

Clydesdale will increase selected residential product transfer fixed rates from Wednesday 16 September. The lender...

FCA bans former law firm manager over £28m client money case

The FCA has banned a former law firm manager from working in financial services...

National Friendly expands adviser proposition with term assurance launch

National Friendly has moved further into the protection market with the launch of Friendly...