Buy-to-let

New BTL range from Virgin Money

Virgin Money will improve its buy-to-let mortgage offering on Tuesday 3 December. New buy-to-let fixed...

Majority of landlords plan to expand portfolios

Mortgages for Business has forecast that buy-to-let lending will reach £25 billion by the...

Paragon posts record profits

The Paragon Group has reported a 90.5% growth in buy-to-let loans for the year...

Drive for increased market share behind Santander’s BTL changes

Santander for Intermediaries (SFI) has made changes to its buy-to-let lending criteria as it...

London renting costs over 200% more expensive

The average cost of renting a property in Britain increased by 0.75% in October,...

Costs of buy-to-let fixed rates rise

An increase in the cost of longer term swap rates has led to a...

Tenants coping despite record rents

Average rents across England and Wales rose to £758 per month in October, after...

Paradigm to hold buy-to-let roundtables

Paradigm Mortgage Services is to hold two half-day buy-to-let workshops during November and December...

The Hinckley & Rugby makes large reduction on buy-to-let deal

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the interest rate on its buy-to-let two-year...

BTL calculators on new Connect Mortgage Club site

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC), part of the Connect Group, has relaunched its new website...

Accord cuts buy-to-let rates

Accord Buy To Let Mortgages has reduced rates on its five year fixed rate...

Property price bubble talk “premature”, claims buy-to-let specialist

The market is far from the prospect of a ‘property bubble’ and current healthy...

Buy-to-let business boost for Blemain

Blemain Finance saw a 150% year-on-year rise in the value of buy-to-let loans completed...

Aldermore unveils limited edition buy-to-let mortgage

Aldermore has launched a new limited edition buy-to-let mortgage, citing the thriving housing market...

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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...