Buy-to-let

SFI reprices and unveils new five BTL deal

On Monday, Santander for Intermediaries (SFI) is launching a new five-year fixed buy-to-let product...

Nationwide’s gross mortgage lending up 31%

Nationwide Building Society has published its full year results, reporting a rise in gross...

Rapid yield growth in Reading and Brighton

Research by HSBC has indicated that rental returns are growing at the fastest rate...

Significant improvement in intermediary confidence

Paragon Mortgages' latest quarterly tracking survey has found that mortgage intermediary confidence is returning...

Better BTL products could be around the corner

We are clearly a long way from the middle of 2008 – a period...

FSE: borrowers trying to ‘game’ buy-to-let market

A panel of industry players have warned the broker community to be aware of...

Vertex in key business development hire

Vertex Financial Services has appointed Steve Stone as business development director as it looks...

Paragon posts 20% rise in pre-tax profits

Paragon Group has announced its interim results for the period 1 October 2013 to...

New P2P lender concentrates on buy-to-let

A new peer-to-peer lender has launched. Landbay's minimum investment is just £100 and it is...

Paradigm reveals award winners

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the first winners of its recently launched Lender and...

Majority of landlords looking to increase portfolios

The buy to let market looks set to expand further during 2014, with 60%...

Slowdown in rent rises

Rent rises across England and Wales have slowed to less than half the current...

Year-on-year growth for all mortgage lending

The total number of new loans to home-owners for house purchase increased 4% in...

Dozen new deals for NatWest IS

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is launching 12 new deals and making some rate cuts in...

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Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

Closing the protection gap starts with informed clients

Millions of people have no protection insurance coverage and could be left vulnerable in the event of a death in the family, serious illness...

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...

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Conveyancer numbers fall 15% as firms face mounting workload pressures

The conveyancing workforce in England and Wales has contracted by 15% in little more...

Lendlord adds free rent increase notice tool for landlords

Lendlord has introduced a free tool designed to help landlords prepare the Form 4A...

LendInvest and MDA flag development finance risks from Building Safety Levy

LendInvest and MDA Consulting have published guidance for property lenders and developers ahead of...

Family BS launches £12.5m HNW interest roll-up mortgage

Family Building Society has launched an interest roll-up mortgage allowing high net worth borrowers...