Buy-to-let

Acceleration in buy-to-let remortgaging

Remortgaging now represents the greatest proportion of landlords’ mortgage activity since Q2 2013, according...

Wages to overtake rents this year

Rent rises will be overtaken by wage growth in 2014, while disposable income for...

Expats looking at buy-to-let

New research from Lloyds Bank has revealed a strong appetite for property among British...

Tenant arrears situation improving

Tenants struggling with late rent have made significant progress in the last 12 months,...

SFI unveils criteria for self-employed BTL

Santander for Intermediaries (SFI) will next week open its buy-to-let criteria to self-employed applicants...

New BTL deal from the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has launched its latest buy-to-let product, a two-year discounted deal....

Saffron offers five-year BTL deals

Saffron For Intermediaries has launched two five-year fixed rate options on its buy-to-let mortgages. The...

BTL getting more competitive all the time

‘Subdued’ is not a word you often hear with regards to the UK property...

Brightstar website cloned

Brightstar Financial has had its website cloned by fraudsters under the name of Goldenstar...

New buy-to-let fixes from Kent Reliance

Kent Reliance has unveiled three-year fixed rates across its standard range of buy-to-let mortgages....

New hire for Capital Advances

Former Essex-based packager Les Daley has joined Capital Advances. He has been tasking with officially...

Brokers missing a trick with buy-to-let

Brokers are turning away potential buy-to-let clients because the property they want to borrow...

Unlock value in BTL market via second charge

When I look at the new business board in my office, apart from giving...

CMC to hold buy-to-let seminar

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC) has announced five specialist lenders will be supporting its buy-to-let...
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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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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,...
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Market Harborough reveals £120m Gen H mortgage portfolio acquisition

Market Harborough Building Society has acquired a £120m residential mortgage portfolio from Gen H...
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UTB streamlines buy-to-let mortgage process with broker-focused operational changes

United Trust Bank has introduced a series of operational enhancements to its buy-to-let mortgage...
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