Buy-to-let

CMC to hold buy-to-let seminar

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC) has announced five specialist lenders will be supporting its buy-to-let...

Allow buy-to-lets into SIPPs, urges lender

Following the Budget, Paragon Mortgages, is asking the government to allow greater freedom in...

Rent rises speed up

Annual rent rises across England and Wales have accelerated, according to the latest Buy-to-Let...

Paragon completes £350m securitisation

The Paragon Group of Companies has announced that a special purpose vehicle, Paragon Mortgages...

Fall in complaints for CHL Mortgages

CHL Mortgages has once again released its own complaints figures. This move follows the recent...

Largest monthly difference in rent vs mortgage since 2009

The cost of owning a home in the UK is now on average £124...

Virgin Money offers new 75% LTV buy-to-let deals

Virgin Money has increased its maximum buy-to-let LTV from 70% to 75% and has...

The Teachers broadens its offering

The Teachers Building Society has launched two new deals and lowered the rate on...

CML reports seasonal dip on lending

The total number of home-owner loans for house purchase in January 2014 was down...

NatWest seeks to increase buy-to-let presence with new range

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has launched a pair of new five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages...

Void periods becoming less frequent for landlords

Research commissioned by Paragon Mortgages has found that landlords are seeing that the incidence...

David Copland heads up new packager

LSL Property Services has launched a new packager. The Mortgage Processing Centre will be...

Six year high for FTB lending

Lending to first-time buyers in the final quarter of 2013 was at its highest...

Connect Mortgage Club launches new broker website

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC) has relaunched its website with improved features for brokers.   The site...

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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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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...

The Monmouthshire gives more than £10k to flood-hit local community

Monmouthshire Building Society has donated more than £10,000 to residents, sports clubs and businesses...

Rent growth slows as house prices edge higher, with Middle East tensions clouding outlook

Private rent inflation eased again in March while UK house prices rose modestly in...

Gen H expands broker sales team with three BDM hires and internal promotion

Gen H has expanded its broker sales team with three new business development managers...