Buy-to-let

Keystone cuts rates

Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages has reduced all its three year discounted rates by...

Tenancies lasting for longer

54% of tenancies now last between two and three years, and 32% last in...

Landlords keen to utilise Green Deal

The majority of landlords are thinking about taking advantage of the new energy efficiency...

Brokers still confident about buy-to-let market

There has been a slight fall in the proportion of brokers who think this...

Rate cuts from the Skipton

Skipton Building Society has made cuts of up to 0.40 percentage points to the...

Landlords look to expand portfolios

48% of landlords polled by LSL Property Services think that now is a good...

Landlords upbeat about student lettings market

76% of landlords who let to students think that demand for property is either...

New 80% BTL exclusive for TBMC

TBMC is now offering a new exclusive buy-to-let mortgage with Leeds Building Society. It is...

Buy-to-let needs to boost wider market

The latest buy-to-let lending figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) make positive...

Rents hit new high

July saw rents rise for the fourth month in a row, according to the...

Virgin Money cuts a number of Northern Rock rates

Virgin Money has cut interest rates across a selection of its Northern Rock residential...

New longer-term fixes from the Manchester

The Manchester Building Society has added a residential product and two buy-to-let long term...

Virgin Money offers first exclusives via Openwork

Openwork has launched a range of exclusive fixed rate products from Virgin Money. The new...

Rents continue to rise

There has been a 4% increase in the cost of renting a home over...

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Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

Latest news

Simplify appoints key account director

Simplify has appointed Samantha Tickell as key account director as the conveyancing and property...

Brokers deliver speed for first-time buyers, but lender delays persist

Mortgage brokers are moving first-time buyers through early stages of the application process in...

UK buyers warm to AI in homebuying, but still want human oversight

Three quarters of homebuyers expect artificial intelligence to play a role in the homebuying...

The Cambridge brings back fixed rates across core range

The Cambridge Building Society has reintroduced fixed-rate mortgages across its main range, offering new...