Buy-to-let

Average buy-to-let LTVs continue to increase

As the buy-to-let mortgage market has expanded more lenders are now offering higher loan-to-value...

Private rental market thriving in Scotland

Aberdeen continues to be the most expensive city in Scotland, according to Citylets' latest...

PMS adds the Mansfield to panel

The Mansfield Building Society has been appointed to the lender panel of PMS. The...

Positive Lending launches Xmas incentive

Positive Lending has unveiled its Christmas reward scheme. For any secured, bridging, commercial, development or...

Regional buy-to-let: attention to detail needed

As with house prices, the discussion around rents often focuses on developments at a...

Year-on-year rise in valuation activity

There was annual growth in valuation activity last month, following a strong year-on-year improvement...

Keystone improves criteria after broker feedback

Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages has again changed its lending criteria. This follows on...

Cambridge & Counties unveils property investment loan

Cambridge & Counties Bank is to offer loans to experienced residential property investors. The new...

New BTL deals from Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages is launching a new range of buy-to-let products on 1 November. Eight low-fee...

Online landlord claim banned by regulator

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has told a firm offering services to landlords to...

Connect sees rising demand for non-regulated proposition

Connect Mortgage Club has concluded that the increase in demand for its non-regulated offering...

The Leeds extends BTL fix

Leeds Building Society has extended its fixed rate buy-to-let deal, at 5.99% for two...

Keystone improves BTL criteria

Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages has made changes its lending criteria and is now...

New BTL exclusive offered by TBMC

TBMC has launched a new exclusive two-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage with the Hinckley...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Dudley BS rolls out new mortgage platform to all brokers

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