Buy-to-let

Landlords remain optimistic about buy-to-let

Property investors remain positive about the outlook for the buy-to-let market, according to the...

Keystone appoints business manager

Steve Simpson has been appointed as business manager for Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages. ...

Buy-to-let lending down 5% on previous quarter

New buy-to-let lending in the first quarter of 2012 totalled £3.7 billion (32,300 loans),...

Rate reductions within Godiva BTL range

Coventry Intermediaries has reduced rates and fees on certain Godiva buy-to-let products. It is...

London prime rents triple the UK average

It is cheaper to rent than buy a prime property in the UK, according...

Aldermore’s mortgage lending breaks through £1bn barrier

Aldermore has lent more than £1 billion worth of residential and commercial mortgage funding...

Platform cuts certain BTL rates

Platform has made changes to its buy-to-let range. The Co-operative Bank’s intermediary lender has...

Revealed: costs of capital rents

Households are spending an average 38% of take home pay on rent, according to...

New BTL deals from The Mortgage Works

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has added new products to its buy-to-let mortgage range. The...

Skipton unveils new fixed rates

Skipton Building Society has today launched a new range of fixed rate mortgages for...

“Steady and progressive start” to 2012 for landlords

Property acquisition activity remained strong in the first quarter of 2012, according to independent...

New BM deals offered by TBMC

TBMC is now offering two extra two-year fixed rate deals funded by BM Solutions. The...

Platform extends end dates

Platform has extended end dates of its two year fixed buy-to-let and residential products...

Rise in size of average BTL loan

There was a significant rise in the average buy-to-let loan size during the last...

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What the agents say: 2026 housing market predictions

Next year should be a year of steady progress for the housing market. After a challenging 2025 where we saw little to no house...

Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market

When Graham McClelland, the youthful and quietly intense chief executive of Gen H, arrived at the City of London office of the fast-growing mortgage...

Younger consumers are ready for protection. So why aren’t we reaching them?

For years, the protection market has assumed that younger adults are less engaged with financial risk planning. Yet the latest findings from Bruised Britain...

The buy-to-let market continues to defy expectations

Perception and reality are often mistaken for one another. That is especially true in the buy-to-let market, where sentiment frequently diverges from what is...

Advisers are missing a clear chance to help clients with survey advice

For years, advisers have often seen surveys as something outside their core work. Some did not know enough about them. Some were unsure how...

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BDLA backs FCA review of regulated bridging loan term limits

The Bridging and Development Lenders Association (BDLA) has welcomed a move by the Financial...

The Vernon boosts affordability support with JBSP launch

Vernon Building Society has launched a new Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor mortgage range aimed...

Connect adds BuildLoan to panel to boost self-build and renovation support

Connect for Intermediaries has added specialist distributor BuildLoan to its lender panel, expanding adviser...

The Family’s members back brownfield development to ease housing pressures

Members of the Family Building Society are calling on the government to make greater...