Buy-to-let

Barclays confirms new buy-to-let affordability policy

Barclays will now allow any shortfall in the rental income used to calculate buy-to-let...

AMI backs Treasury EU directive implementation

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has welcomed the Treasury's response to last year's...

New BTL entrants need expert guidance

Five year, geared, buy-to-let investments have continued to provide excellent profits with an annual...

Paradigm announces award winners

Paradigm Mortgage Services has revealed the yearly winners of its Lender and Provider Awards. ...

Virgin Money cuts rates across intermediary range

Virgin Money has made rate cuts to a selection of residential mortgage products. It has...

Paragon posts profit rise

The Paragon Group of Companies has reported its results for the final quarter of...

Non-standard yields rising faster than for vanilla BTLs

Average yields on non-standard properties have increased even further above more 'simple' buy-to-let investments,...

New resi and BTL rates from Metro Bank

Metro Bank is tomorrow cutting rates across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges. New...

Coventry Intermediaries cuts rates by up to 25bps

Coventry Intermediaries has made rate cuts in both its residential and buy-to-let ranges.  Lower rates on...

Rents up annually despite December fall

There was been a 3.0% rise in rents during 2014, despite falling on a...

Connect gains access to Fleet Mortgages’ range

Connect Mortgage Club's buy-to-let panel now includes Fleet Mortgages.
 
Members of the specialist buy-to-let network...

New deals from the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has introduced new products across the buy-to-let, residential and shared...

Seven rates cut by Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reduced the interest rates on seven mortgages, including two...

CML: fall in home purchase lending

House purchase lending to home-buyers fell month-on-month in November totalling 55,600 loans, according to...
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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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