Buy-to-let

The Mortgage Works backtracks on LHA policy

The Mortgage Works, a subsidiary of Nationwide Building Society, has removed the exclusion of...

Connect Mortgage Club launches new Metro Bank BTL deals

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC) has launched new buy-to-let products through its partnership with Metro...

Hinckley & Rugby now ERC-fre

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reduced the interest rates of four of its...

Nationwide stops lending to new landlords with LHA tenants

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has warned of the dangers facing the Local Housing...

New hire for Keystone

Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages has appointed Julie Priest as its business manager...

Connect Mortgage Club teams up with Source Insurance

Source Insurance has been appointed as a preferred supplier to Connect Mortgage Club for...

Aldermore claims UK first with new ratings service

Aldermore is now offering a new online customer interactive service that provides its customers...

Kent Reliance unveils new buy-to-let range

Kent Reliance has launched a number of buy-to-let products available to brokers across the...

Virgin Money cuts rates

Virgin Money has made a number of rate reductions across its residential mortgage range.  Residential...

Aldermore makes let-to-buy move

Aldermore has launched into the let-to-buy mortgage market. It will allow homeowners to remortgage their...

The Skipton cuts rates

Skipton Building Society has cut rates on a selection of its residential and buy-to-let...

The Teachers cuts rates by up 80 bps

The Teachers Building Society has reduced the rates on the majority of its mortgage...

Complete expands lender panel

Aldermore Residential Mortgages has become the latest intermediary focused lender to join the panel...

PRS “coiled for a spring bounce”

Rents fell in January for the third consecutive month. That's according to the...

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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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LSL Financial Services appoints interim managing director

LSL Financial Services has appointed Piotr Nowosad as interim managing director to lead its...

Mortgage demand slows in second quarter as higher rates hit affordability

Higher borrowing costs weighed on mortgage demand during the second quarter, although Stonebridge says...

Omni Protect becomes first service provider to adopt Beagle Street intermediary proposition

Omni Protect has become the first service provider for directly authorised firms to offer...

Dudley BS rolls out new mortgage platform to all brokers

Dudley Building Society has completed the rollout of its new mortgage origination platform to...