Buy-to-let

Guaranteed Rent differences explained

Northwood, a provider of Guaranteed Rent,  has today launched a guide to help explain...

Major changes in Santander for Intermediaries’ lending policy

On Friday 25 July, Santander for Intermediaries will be making key changes to its residential lending policy. Interest-only: To ensure...

Tenant demand remains healthy

Almost 100% of landlords surveyed by buy-to-let lender Paragon Mortgages found that tenant demand...

One-year BTL fixes to disappear?

The number of five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage products available has more than doubled...

Virgin Money to cut certain resi and BTL rates

Virgin Money has made a number of rate cuts across its residential and buy-to-let range....

Rents not rising with inflation

There has been a rise in rents of 1.4% and tenant arrears have improved...

Paragon completes securitisation

Paragon Mortgages’ parent company, the Paragon Group, has completed its latest securitisation. Paragon Mortgages No.20...

Accord unveils buy-to-let promotion

Accord Buy To Let is running a 10-day promotion offering 65% loan to value...

Metro Bank revamps offering

Metro Bank has refreshed its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges. For residential mortgages under £1.5...

Renters being forced out by rising prices

An increasing number of private sector tenants are turning to Citizens Advice after facing...

NatWest IS to have BTL loan-to-income cap

NatWest Intermediary Solutions will be introducing a 4.99 times loan-to-income cap per application for...

First Complete expands lender panel

First Complete has added Newbury Building Society to its mortgage panel. The Newbury will provide...

First peer-to-peer funded buy-to-let completion

Landbay has completed its first mortgage loan, the UK’s first ever buy-to-let mortgage funded...

New Flexx for Term deals from the Coventry

Coventry Intermediaries has launched a new range of Flexx for Term options. With products for Buy to...

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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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Government commits to licensing property agents but detail remains unclear

The government has committed to mandatory licensing and qualifications for property agents as part...

Meet the hosts of Mortgage’s Got Talent

As the mortgage industry prepares to swap case discussions, criteria and rates for microphones,...

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...