Buy-to-let

Fleet Mortgages to use Lender Exchange

Fleet Mortgages is to launch with Lender Exchange, the secure portal for law firms,...

The Bucks teams up with Vantage

Vantage Finance has added Buckinghamshire Building Society to its newly launched specialist mortgage packaging...

Keystone ups Solutions proc fees to 1%

Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages has increased the procuration fees on its Solutions Range...

Large growth in buy-to-let product numbers

The buy-to-let mortgage market has seen increased competition with more products as well as...

Santander reduces rates and increases large loan ceiling

Santander has cut mortgage rates and introduced new loyalty deals. Buy-to-let rates now start from...

Large fall in mortgage rates last year, says Mortgage Brain

Mortgage Brain has claimed that its quarterly product data analysis show that some mortgage...

New BTL exclusives for TBMC

TBMC has launched three new buy-to-let mortgages with Hanley Economic Building Society, none of...

HMOs: licensing requirements

Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) have become popular with investors largely because of the...

Keystone Buy to Let improves criteria

Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages has made four changes to its lending criteria in...

Landlord Centre teams up with the Hanley Economic

Landlord Centre has launched three new arrangement fee-free buy-to-let mortgages with Hanley Economic Building...

25 on Openwork’s new mortgage panel

Openwork has revealed the makeup of its new mortgage panel. In the last quarter of...

First deal done for Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has completed on its first loan. The mortgage application came through the...

Void periods remained low in Q4 2014

The average void period experienced by landlords in the final quarter of 2014 was...

DeVere Mortgages launches due to expat demand

DeVere United Kingdom has launched a new, standalone brand called deVere Mortgages. The FCA-regulated firm...

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How brokers can secure better client outcomes in a volatile market

Experience has always counted in the mortgage market. Brokers who worked through the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic, the Liz Truss mini-Budget and cost-of-living...

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

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Asking prices move further ahead of market values, TwentyCi warns lenders

The gap between sellers' asking prices and independent property valuations has doubled over the...

Home movers back digital property packs as support grows for homebuying reform

Most recent home movers support the use of digital property packs and believe the...

Virgin Money increases fixed mortgage rates across core product range

Virgin Money is increasing fixed mortgage rates across much of its purchase and remortgage...

Olmo adds AI-powered automatic file checking for mortgage brokers

Olmo has launched an AI-powered automatic file checking system designed to help mortgage firms...