Buy-to-let

Paragon sees rise in average number of cases per broker

Latest research from Paragon Mortgages has found that the average number of mortgages being...

Paradigm introduces monthly awards

Paradigm Mortgage Services has launched its new Lender and Provider of the Month Awards. They...

Agents accused of ripping off landlords

Estate agents nationwide are "burning the pockets of landlords by creepily adding costs to...

Paragon posts increase in profits

The Paragon Group of Companies has posted its results for the period 1 October...

Landlords look to push up rental prices

A sizeable minority of landlords expect to hike rents during 2014, according to a...

BTL investors advised to take out five-year fixes

Mortgages for Business has claimed that increased competitive pressure during the course of 2013...

The Cambridge unveils remo-only deals

The Cambridge Building Society is introducing new two-year fixed and two-year discounted re-mortgage-only products...

TMW launches new fixed rate and variable BTL deals

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has introduced five new buy-to-let products, available to both first...

Landlords looking towards new purchases

The latest Mortgages for Business' Complex Buy to Let Index has found that choice...

Tenants faced with higher rents in North East and Wales

The UK rental market ended last year strongly with the average asking rent peaking...

Rental sector firmly part of Scottish life

Scotland’s rental sector has changed the dynamic of Scotland’s housing sector with living...

The government is letting down Generation Rent

With much of the media focus on Government schemes like Help to Buy it...

Santander unveils improved deals

Santander for Intermediaries (SFI) has made changes to its buy-to-let criteria, offering landlords who...

Fall in rate rise for average rents

Annual rent rises have halved over the course of 2013, according to the latest...

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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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Barclays urges policy action to unlock home energy efficiency upgrades

High energy costs are increasing demand for more efficient homes, but the cost of...

Brilliant Solutions joins Equity Release Council as later life market broadens

Brilliant Solutions has joined the Equity Release Council as the mortgage club and specialist...

Former LMS chief Nick Chadbourne takes chair role at Novus Strategy

Nick Chadbourne, the former chief executive of LMS, has joined mortgage and homebuying consultancy...

Vernon appoints Anthony Murphy to board and audit role

Vernon Building Society has appointed former Nottingham Building Society finance chief Anthony Murphy as...