Buy-to-let

Fleet Mortgages select valuations panel manager

Fleet Mortgages has appointed Connells Survey & Valuation as its valuation panel manager. Connells...

Successful funding round for P2P lender

Landbay has completed its first institutional funding round. The peer-to-peer lending platform focused on the...

Intermediaries reporting softer levels of business

Intermediaries thought it was more difficult for certain customer groups to get a mortgage...

Complete FS assisting MCI Club

Complete FS has been appointed as the specialist mortgage distribution channel for the...

BoI UK launches intermediary pilot

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries is rolling out a pilot to sell mortgages in...

Demand for buy-to-let REIT exceeds expectations

The UK's first mainstream residential Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) has exceeded its initial...

CML urges caution over LTV and DTI caps

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has responded to the Treasury's consultation on giving...

New deals from Saffron For Intermediaries

Saffron For Intermediaries has today unveiled a new range of mortgages. The new offering...

Barclays launches rate cuts and new remortgage deals

Barclays has today announced a number of mortgage rate cuts along with the launch...

Fleet Mortgages reveals product range

Fleet Mortgages has announced its first product range covering individual, limited company and houses...

Citizens Advice urges support for Tenancies Reform Bill

A growing number of people are struggling with private rented homes which are damp,...

BBA: Housing market cooling continues

The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has revealed that the slowdown in the mortgage market...

18% rise in Paragon’s pre-tax profits

The Paragon Group has reported pre-tax profits of £122.2 million, which represents an 18.1%...

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Buy-to-let has matured as a market

Buy-to-let turned 30 last week, and it's a good moment for some much-needed positivity around this market. Whatever the narrative around buy-to-let has been at...

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

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Family support drives later life borrowing, broker research finds

Helping relatives onto the property ladder is a significant factor in later life mortgage...

West One cuts residential rates and adds Premier Plus credit tier

West One Loans has cut rates across its residential mortgage range and introduced a...

LSL Financial Services names Paula Mercer as sales director

LSL Financial Services has appointed Paula Mercer as sales director with responsibility for sales...

UnderwriteMe appoints Chan to strategic partnerships role

UnderwriteMe has appointed Tiffany Chan as strategic partnerships manager as it looks to develop...