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Profits up at OneSavings Bank

OneSavings Bank plc has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30...

Rental market growing alongside sales market

The average advertised rent in Great Britain increased by £62 (6.56%) in July 2014...

Large number of renters have never met their landlord

30% of private tenants deal only with their letting agent and have never...

NatWest IS makes rate cuts

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is introducing a number of rate reductions of between 10-40bps on residential...

CML: MMR having “gentle dampener” effect

New data published by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) on the characteristics of...

Landlords failing to scrutinise their tenants sufficiently

Landlords are leaving themselves exposed to the country’s worst tenants by failing to carry...

Coventry Intermediaries unveils new buy-to-let range

Coventry Intermediaries has launched a new buy-to-let range. Highlights include: 2.55% Flexx for Term, variable rate,...

New semi-exclusives from Precise

Precise Mortgages has launched a range of semi-exclusive products for its key networks and...

Shawbrook launches specialist commercial underwriting teams

Shawbrook Bank has launched specialist teams for processing residential buy-to-let, commercial and semi-commercial...

Proc fee changes at BM Solutions

BM Solutions has simplified its procuration fees for new business, product transfers and additional...

The Leeds unveils new buy-to-let deals

Leeds Building Society has tomorrow making changes to its range of two-year fixed rate...

“Clear declining trend” in buy-to-let remortgages

The proportion of all remortgages handled by intermediaries during the second quarter of 2014...

BTL investors fail to plan properly

Research from Platinum Property Partners (PPP) shows a quarter of buy-to-let investors sought...

The Mansfield changes buy-to-let offering

The Mansfield Building Society has unveiled new two-year discounted buy-to-let products for purchase and...
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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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LendInvest posts record £1.44bn lending year

LendInvest recorded its strongest ever year for lending in the 12 months to 31...
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Fleet Mortgages broadens buy-to-let criteria for foreign nationals and limited companies

Fleet Mortgages has widened its lending criteria for buy-to-let borrowers, introducing greater flexibility for...
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Six-times salary lending quadruples as lenders loosen affordability

The number of mortgage lenders willing to offer loans worth six times a borrower's...
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Buy-to-let lending remains ahead of last year despite slower start to year

Buy-to-let lending increased in the first quarter of 2026 compared with a year earlier,...