Buy-to-let

3mc to distribute for Axis Bank

3mc has been appointed by Axis Bank to distribute its specialist buy-to-let mortgage range...

Rise in short term let enquiries

26% of letting agents have seen an increase in the number of enquiries for...

FHL in new recruitment drive

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has recruited three new employees to join the administration and...

What’s really driving growth in the private rental sector?

The private rental sector (PRS) is growing at a remarkable pace. Overall the value...

Wide range of rate cuts from TSB

TSB has cut mortgage rates by up to 0.2 percentage points across a range of mortgages...

CML expects upturn in lending in the near term

Gross mortgage lending in May (not seasonally adjusted) showed little change on the previous...

Virgin Money cuts resi and BTL rates

Virgin Money has made changes to its residential and buy-to-let mortgage range.  Intermediary exclusive product change Two-year fixed...

CML: house purchase lending in April “relatively subdued”

The Council of Mortgages Lenders has confirmed that, as previously reported, gross lending in...

The Hinckley & Rugby unveils BTL exclusive

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has introduced an exclusive buy-to-let offset mortgage through London...

Four-fifths of tenants satisfied with landlord

81% of tenants living in the Private Rented Sector (PRS) are satisfied with their...

Front Events to hold networking race day

Front Events, the events company responsible for the Financial Services Expo (FSE), has announced...

Fleet Mortgages unveils automatic DIP system

Fleet Mortgages has launched its new automatic decision-in-principle (DIP) system, which can be used...

Rents rise by £1k p.a. at end of tenancy agreement

Nearly two-thirds of tenants have seen their rent increase on their current property at the...

Don’t rush into buy-to-let, retirees told

The International Longevity Centre-UK (ILC-UK) has urged mortgage providers to better understand, and respond to,...

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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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LiveMore raises LTV limits and adds flexibility to equity release overpayments

LiveMore has increased maximum LTVs on mortgages with a repayment element and introduced more...

Cost of collapsed property sales rises to £258m in second quarter

Failed property transactions cost the UK housing market an estimated £257.9m during the second...

New-build homes account for 8% of properties on the market

New-build homes make up just 8.1% of properties currently listed for sale across Great...

Redwood holds buy-to-let rates despite higher wholesale funding costs

Redwood Bank has kept its buy-to-let mortgage rates unchanged despite rising swap costs prompting...