Buy-to-let

Tenancies lasting for longer

54% of tenancies now last between two and three years, and 32% last in...

Landlords keen to utilise Green Deal

The majority of landlords are thinking about taking advantage of the new energy efficiency...

Brokers still confident about buy-to-let market

There has been a slight fall in the proportion of brokers who think this...

Rate cuts from the Skipton

Skipton Building Society has made cuts of up to 0.40 percentage points to the...

Landlords look to expand portfolios

48% of landlords polled by LSL Property Services think that now is a good...

Landlords upbeat about student lettings market

76% of landlords who let to students think that demand for property is either...

New 80% BTL exclusive for TBMC

TBMC is now offering a new exclusive buy-to-let mortgage with Leeds Building Society. It is...

Buy-to-let needs to boost wider market

The latest buy-to-let lending figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) make positive...

Rents hit new high

July saw rents rise for the fourth month in a row, according to the...

Virgin Money cuts a number of Northern Rock rates

Virgin Money has cut interest rates across a selection of its Northern Rock residential...

New longer-term fixes from the Manchester

The Manchester Building Society has added a residential product and two buy-to-let long term...

Virgin Money offers first exclusives via Openwork

Openwork has launched a range of exclusive fixed rate products from Virgin Money. The new...

Rents continue to rise

There has been a 4% increase in the cost of renting a home over...

Buy-to-let growth continues

There was a second quarter rise in buy-to-let lending of 5%, the Council of...
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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...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

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Education

Financial services firms sign skills pact ahead of Chancellor’s Mansion House speech

More than 20 financial services organisations have signed a new agreement with government aimed...
Social media

Brilliant Solutions partners with Box Socials

Brilliant Solutions has partnered with Box Socials to give its members discounted access to...
Mortgages

Mortgage rates fall at fastest pace in almost two years

Fixed mortgage rates have recorded their biggest monthly reductions for almost two years, as...
First-time buyers

Solo first-time buyers face almost a decade of saving before they can buy

Solo first-time buyers face saving for almost a decade before they can afford to...