Buy-to-let

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,...

The Teachers returns to the buy-to-let market

The Teachers Building Society has launched two new buy-to-let products. The deals are a purchase...

Pepper Homeloans launches into the UK specialist mortgage market

Pepper (UK) is formally launching its specialist range of mortgage products today after a...

Buy-to-let surges while first time buyer activity recedes

Latest research from Connells Survey and Valuation has found that property valuations for buy-to-let...

Brightstar to launch sourcing system in Q3

Brightstar announces forthcoming ‘easysource’ sourcing system Brightstar will be launching a sourcing system for intermediaries...

HMOs provide better savings opportunity than renting alone

Professional tenants are able to save £134 more a month by sharing in a...

New HNW deals from Precise

Precise Mortgages has unveiled a set of exclusive buy-to-let products aimed at the high net...

New HMO valuation methodology at Shawbrook

Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division has unveiled a new HMO valuation methodology for its...

BM Solutions cuts rates on three and five-year fixes

BM Solutions has cut the rates on its three and five-year fixed rate products. Key changes include: Three-year...

Aldermore cuts two-year BTL fixed rates

Aldermore has cut its buy-to-let range of two-year fixed rate mortgages by up to...

The trillion pound market

The boom in the buy-to-let industry shows no sign of bust. The latest snapshot of...

BTL and resi product changes from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has made a number of changes to its residential and buy-to-let mortgage range.  Changes are...

Precise expands conveyancer panel

Precise Mortgages has expanded its conveyancer panel following feedback from brokers and borrowers. The...

FHL launches development team

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has established a sales development team under Paul Brett, director...

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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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Complex income must not become barrier to Scottish homeownership

Mortgage lenders need to keep adapting their criteria as changing working patterns leave growing...

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...