Buy-to-let

41% year-on-year rise in FTB loans

A dip in mortgage lending in February was primarily due to the expected seasonal...

The savvy are making the most of specialist buy-to-lets

Anyone who regularly casts their eyes over a newspaper will have noticed the increased...

Acceleration in buy-to-let remortgaging

Remortgaging now represents the greatest proportion of landlords’ mortgage activity since Q2 2013, according...

Wages to overtake rents this year

Rent rises will be overtaken by wage growth in 2014, while disposable income for...

Expats looking at buy-to-let

New research from Lloyds Bank has revealed a strong appetite for property among British...

Tenant arrears situation improving

Tenants struggling with late rent have made significant progress in the last 12 months,...

SFI unveils criteria for self-employed BTL

Santander for Intermediaries (SFI) will next week open its buy-to-let criteria to self-employed applicants...

New BTL deal from the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has launched its latest buy-to-let product, a two-year discounted deal....

Saffron offers five-year BTL deals

Saffron For Intermediaries has launched two five-year fixed rate options on its buy-to-let mortgages. The...

BTL getting more competitive all the time

‘Subdued’ is not a word you often hear with regards to the UK property...

Brightstar website cloned

Brightstar Financial has had its website cloned by fraudsters under the name of Goldenstar...

New buy-to-let fixes from Kent Reliance

Kent Reliance has unveiled three-year fixed rates across its standard range of buy-to-let mortgages....

New hire for Capital Advances

Former Essex-based packager Les Daley has joined Capital Advances. He has been tasking with officially...

Brokers missing a trick with buy-to-let

Brokers are turning away potential buy-to-let clients because the property they want to borrow...
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Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates on selected new business deals

The Mortgage Works is cutting selected buy-to-let and let-to-buy rates by up to 0.20...
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Primis promotes three in push to expand recruitment and regional broker support

Primis has promoted three senior executives as it seeks to recruit more adviser firms...
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Santander cuts higher LTV rates for first-time buyers and home movers

Santander is cutting selected fixed mortgage rates across its first-time buyer, home mover and...
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Virgin Money cuts fixed rates and raises selected tracker pricing

Virgin Money is reducing fixed mortgage rates across purchase, remortgage and selected buy-to-let product...