Buy-to-let

Rents not rising with inflation

There has been a rise in rents of 1.4% and tenant arrears have improved...

Paragon completes securitisation

Paragon Mortgages’ parent company, the Paragon Group, has completed its latest securitisation. Paragon Mortgages No.20...

Accord unveils buy-to-let promotion

Accord Buy To Let is running a 10-day promotion offering 65% loan to value...

Metro Bank revamps offering

Metro Bank has refreshed its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges. For residential mortgages under £1.5...

Renters being forced out by rising prices

An increasing number of private sector tenants are turning to Citizens Advice after facing...

NatWest IS to have BTL loan-to-income cap

NatWest Intermediary Solutions will be introducing a 4.99 times loan-to-income cap per application for...

First Complete expands lender panel

First Complete has added Newbury Building Society to its mortgage panel. The Newbury will provide...

First peer-to-peer funded buy-to-let completion

Landbay has completed its first mortgage loan, the UK’s first ever buy-to-let mortgage funded...

New Flexx for Term deals from the Coventry

Coventry Intermediaries has launched a new range of Flexx for Term options. With products for Buy to...

Paragon revamps ‘professional’ offering

Paragon Mortgages has refreshed its product range catering for large-scale and professional landlords. The specialist...

The Hinckley & Rugby reduces selected rates

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the rates on four discount mortgages, the...

Virgin Money improves rates

Virgin Money has made a series of changes across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

Sesame launches exclusive holiday let product

Sesame's network appointed representatives (ARs) now have access to a new holiday let...

Rent rises not keeping up with purchase prices

Increasing property prices are causing an about-turn in rental yields, according to the latest...

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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...

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...

Six-times salary lending quadruples as lenders loosen affordability

The number of mortgage lenders willing to offer loans worth six times a borrower's...

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,...