Buy-to-let

The Mansfield hires commercial development executive

The Mansfield Building Society has appointed Audrey Green to the new position of commercial...

Brilliant Solutions expands lending panel

The Melton Mowbray Building Society and its subsidiary MBS Lending have been appointed to...

BTL lenders “offering landlords what they need”

Buy-to-let borrowers are benefiting from increased competition, which is driving down fees and charges,...

TMW raises maximum first-time landlord LTV

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is increasing its maximum loan to value (LTV) for first...

Brokers expect more business over next year

The latest quarterly intermediary survey from Paragon Mortgages has found that intermediaries are upbeat...

Fleet Mortgages: we’re grasping a real market opportunity

Given that we are on the verge of launching a new lender, one that...

Kent Reliance introduces new large loan range

Kent Reliance has unveiled major changes to its mortgage range. Its mortgage portfolio now includes...

New buy-to-let index unveiled

Property peer-to-peer platform LendInvest has launched an index on the UK buy-to-let property market. The...

Precise improves self-employed offering

Self-employed Britons are still struggling to feel the benefits of recovery in the...

Buy-to-let comes of age

The buy-to-let market is celebrating its 18th birthday. In 1996, ARLA and a small select...

Mortgage Brain launches web-based sourcing solution

Mortgage Brain has announced the launch of MortgageBrain Anywhere, its online mortgage sourcing...

Fleet Mortgages expands launch panel

Fleet Mortgages has added Legal & General Mortgage Club to the list of distributors...

Record level for rents

Rents have reached an all-time record, albeit via a slowing annual rate of just...

Fleet Mortgages unveils initial distributor panel

Fleet Mortgages, the new buy-to-let and specialist lender, has revealed the first six firms...

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The fall in BTL company formations isn’t the whole story

It is often the case with housing and mortgage market data that the headline figure attracts most of the attention, while some of the...

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...

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SortRefer expands faster conveyancing service after pilot cuts completion times

SortRefer has rolled out its Enhanced conveyancing service to all registered brokers after a...

Octane revives specialist buy-to-let range with loans up to £15m

Octane Capital has returned to the specialist buy-to-let market with a range offering loans...

Student loan repayments squeeze first-time buyer deposit savings

More than 1.5 million young adults believe student loan repayments are making it harder...

The Exeter moves Woodley into healthcare development role

The Exeter has appointed Karen Woodley as head of healthcare development, giving her responsibility...