Buy-to-let

Portfolio expansion driving buy-to-let market

There has been a rise in landlord clients applying for buy-to-let mortgages to expand...

Olympic rentals fail to materialise

It has been claimed that 89% of homeowners who have advertised their properties as...

The Cambridge updates buy-to-let range

The Cambridge Building Society has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range, with the mutual reducing...

Digesting the Funding for Lending scheme

It may still be too early to fully digest what impact the Bank of...

CHL reports ongoing arrears improvement

CHL Mortgages has reported that its buy-to-let arrears at now at their lowest level...

Third consecutive monthly rise for rents

Rents increased for a third consecutive month in June, according to the latest Buy-to-Let...

International students rescue landlords yields

International students are boosting yields for investors in student halls of residence, according to...

Coventry Intermediaries extends buy-to-let range

Coventry Intermediaries has extending its new range of buy-to-let products. It has added more...

Landlords keen to expand portfolios

60% of landlords are looking to expand their property portfolios over the next six...

Completions up at Crystal Mortgages

Crystal Mortgages says it issued terms on over £80 million worth of business between...

Paragon reports rise in profits

The Paragon Group has reported profits of £68.9 million for the nine months to...

North West landlords top yield charts

Paragon Mortgages says landlords in Yorkshire and Humberside have come top of the rental...

TMW extends selected end dates and raises Guarantor tracker rates

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has extended end dates on all buy-to-let and Guarantor products. The...

New buy-to-let deals from the Skipton

Skipton Building Society has launched two new buy-to-let mortgages. The two-year tracker deals start from...

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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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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...

Brilliant Solutions partners with Box Socials

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

Mortgage rates fall at fastest pace in almost two years

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

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...