Buy-to-let

Let’s not ‘innovate’ ourselves into another disaster

I’ve written before about the use of the word ‘innovation’ in the mortgage marketplace...

Lowest ever fixed rate for The Mortgage Works

The Mortgage Works (TMW) will tomorrow (21 June) unveil its lowest ever fixed rate...

Mortgages for Business launches Metro Bank BTL exclusives

Mortgages for Business is now offering two exclusive buy-to-let mortgage products from Metro...

35% of landlords say buy-to-let finance is more available

The proportion of landlords who think that buy-to-let finance is more freely available is...

Avelo Trigold unveils new buy-to-let sourcing tool

Avelo Trigold is now starting to offer a new 'enhanced buy-to-let' module as...

LSL offers exclusives from Leeds BS

The Leeds Building Society has launched two exclusives for the LSL group. The pair of...

Precise Mortgages cuts rates on buy-to-let

Precise Mortgages has reduced rates on its buy-to-let range by up to 1.25...

Precise unveils ‘bridge to let’ product

Precise Mortgages has combined its bridging products with its traditional buy-to-let products to create...

BM Solutions outlines new BTL affordability policies

BM Solutions has made changes to its affordability calculations for buy-to-let. The lender has removed...

Complete FS offers new specialist buy-to-let insurance package

Complete FS has appointed Let Alliance to its panel of providers. Let Alliance, a specialist...

TBMC offers new Shawbrook buy-to-let range

TBMC has unveiled a new range of buy-to-let mortgages from Shawbrook Bank. The deals...

Accord widens conveyancing options for buy-to-let

Accord Buy to Let is expanding its solicitor panel. Solicitors on the current Accord Mortgages...

Bridgebank Capital appoints new BDM

Bridgebank Capital has announced the appointment of Robert Heywood as a national business development...

Accord changes rates and criteria on buy-to-let

Accord Mortgages has made cuts of 0.10 percentage points to its range of low...

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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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Bank of Ireland expands JBSP mortgage criteria

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries has widened its Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor (JBSP) mortgage...

Try Financial links with The Insurance Surgery to support complex protection cases

Try Financial has formed a partnership with specialist protection adviser The Insurance Surgery to...

VouchedFor unveils enhanced membership as advisers adapt to AI-led search

VouchedFor has launched Verified+, a new membership tier aimed at helping financial advisers improve...

TMG boss promises Bank Holiday Monday if England reach World Cup final

TMG mortgage network founder and CEO Scott Thorpe has pledged to give every member...