Buy-to-let

SBSLS becomes Shawbrook preferred partner

Sesame Bankhall Specialist Lending Services (SBSLS) is now a preferred partner of Shawbrook...

Virgin Money tweaks mortgage range

Virgin Money has made a number of changes to its residential mortgage range. Key Residential...

Aldermore allows fees to be added to loan

Aldermore is now letting mortgage borrowers have the option to add completion and electronic...

John Charcol sees let-to-buy surge

John Charcol has reported a "significant" increase in let-to-buy activity in 2012 and says...

The Mortgage Alliance expands lending panel

The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) has announced the addition of The Business Mortgage Company (TBMC)...

AToM to hold Brighton seminar

AToM (All Types of Mortgages Ltd) has published details of the lenders who are...

Buy-to-let investors target alternative finance

Buy-to-let investments are the most popular use for alternative lending, according to a...

Rents will continue to rise

March saw the average rent in England and Wales rise by 0.5%, to £735...

Southampton tops buy-to-let hotspot poll

Rental yields of 7.82% and private rental accommodation making up almost a quarter of...

Brokers have faith in buy-to-let and secured lending

Brokers expect the most growth to come from buy-to-let and secured loans over the...

Q1 sees slight fall in average rents

The average advertised rent in Great Britain fell by 0.43% in the first quarter...

The Nottingham reduces buy-to-let rates

Nottingham Building Society has launched four new buy-to-let mortgages. There are further reductions for its...

New second charge BTL deal from Shawbrook Bank

Shawbrook Bank has introduced a new second charge buy-to-let product, designed to help customers...

SBG hosts Mortgage Extra Live events

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) is this month hosting a series of mortgage seminars across...

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Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

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...

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Advice firms step up technology use as integration remains key obstacle

Financial advice firms are taking a more proactive approach to technology, but integrating new...

Check launches mortgage readiness tool for prospective borrowers

Check.co.uk has added a mortgage readiness feature to its app, bringing together credit, affordability,...

Yorkshire BS team raises £1,000 with 198km treadmill challenge

Seven Yorkshire Building Society colleagues have completed a 198km treadmill ultramarathon to raise money...

Square 1 Media joins Momenti Group’s Observatory as corporate partner

Square 1 Media has become a corporate partner of The Observatory, the mortgage market...