Buy-to-let

TBMC unveils buy-to-let exclusives

TBMC has launched two new exclusive buy-to-let mortgages with Mortgage Trust. The rates include...

Complete FS to sponsor IRESS BTL roundtables

Complete FS, the national intermediary packager, is sponsoring two round table events being organised...

Bounce back in activity following MMR introduction

Activity in the UK housing market has bounced back from the effects of new...

FTB mortgages rise by only 1%

New CML data released today on the profile of UK lending in April 2014,...

Three quarters of landlords prefer to buy close to home

Paragon Mortgages, which works with BDRC Continental to survey more than 1,000 NLA landlords,...

How bridging finance is supporting BTL growth

The buy to let sector continues to show significant growth, in direct correlation to...

The Leeds cuts rates

Leeds Building Society has reduced rates on a selection of its mortgages by up...

SFI reprices and unveils new five BTL deal

On Monday, Santander for Intermediaries (SFI) is launching a new five-year fixed buy-to-let product...

Nationwide’s gross mortgage lending up 31%

Nationwide Building Society has published its full year results, reporting a rise in gross...

Rapid yield growth in Reading and Brighton

Research by HSBC has indicated that rental returns are growing at the fastest rate...

Significant improvement in intermediary confidence

Paragon Mortgages' latest quarterly tracking survey has found that mortgage intermediary confidence is returning...

Better BTL products could be around the corner

We are clearly a long way from the middle of 2008 – a period...

FSE: borrowers trying to ‘game’ buy-to-let market

A panel of industry players have warned the broker community to be aware of...

Vertex in key business development hire

Vertex Financial Services has appointed Steve Stone as business development director as it looks...

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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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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,...

Market Harborough reveals £120m Gen H mortgage portfolio acquisition

Market Harborough Building Society has acquired a £120m residential mortgage portfolio from Gen H...