Buy-to-let

CHL Mortgages rolls out free valuation HMO and MUFB range as buy-to-let rates ease

CHL Mortgages has launched a new set of limited-edition buy-to-let products offering free valuations...

Limited company ownership set to dominate future buy-to-let purchases

Nearly two thirds of landlords expect to buy future buy-to-let properties through limited company...

The Suffolk lowers holiday let fixed rates and cuts SVR by 25bps

Suffolk Building Society has reduced fixed rates across parts of its holiday let and...

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries raises income multiples across bespoke mortgages

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries has increased the maximum loan-to-income available across its Bespoke...

Foundation simplifies brand as it drops ‘Home Loans’ from name

Specialist lender Foundation has unveiled a new brand identity, marking what it describes as...

Roma Finance extends buy-to-let lending into Scotland

Roma Finance has launched a buy-to-let product in Scotland, extending a proposition that is...

Right Mortgage renews buy-to-let adviser accreditation programme

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has begun the second year of its buy-to-let...

Redwood backs assisted living expansion with HMO funding package

Redwood Bank, working with Propp Limited, has provided funding for three HMOs in Guildford,...

Rents dip as winter slowdown bites but affordability strains persist

Private rents across parts of the UK fell sharply at the end of last...

Hanley widens rent to own mortgage to cover England, Wales and Scotland

Hanley Intermediaries has expanded its rent to own mortgage across England, Wales and Scotland...

Fleet Mortgages adds cashback remortgage options and trims core rates

Fleet Mortgages has unveiled a new set of remortgage products offering cashback, while also...

Hampshire Trust Bank promotes pair to regional account director roles

Hampshire Trust Bank has promoted Barry Ireland and Wes Baker to regional account director,...

Rising maintenance bills push landlord running costs to nearly half of rental income

New research from mortgage market specialist Pegasus Insight shows that non-HMO landlords spend around...

Landbay to host webinar on the economic outlook for 2026

Buy-to-let lender Landbay is set to host a webinar examining the economic forces expected...

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What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

Triple lock or no triple lock? That is not the question

The debate over the State Pension triple lock has returned. But perhaps the more important question is what the debate tells us about the...

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Virgin Money raises selected mortgage rates and launches new 60% LTV deals

Virgin Money is increasing selected residential and buy-to-let rates from 16 September while withdrawing...

Clydesdale to raise residential product transfer rates by up to 0.20%

Clydesdale will increase selected residential product transfer fixed rates from Wednesday 16 September. The lender...

FCA bans former law firm manager over £28m client money case

The FCA has banned a former law firm manager from working in financial services...

National Friendly expands adviser proposition with term assurance launch

National Friendly has moved further into the protection market with the launch of Friendly...