Buy-to-let

Quarterly growth in buy-to-let lending

The value of buy-to-let mortgages taken out in the third quarter of this year...

Dragonfly offers ‘Bridge-to-let’

Dragonfly Property Finance has launched what it calls a 'Bridge-to-let' product. It is a hybrid...

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...

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Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

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...

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Green rent cap plan could squeeze buy-to-let affordability

Green Party proposals to restrict private rent increases for three years could make it...

Firms’ confidence in FCA rises as satisfaction hits 79%

Confidence in the Financial Conduct Authority has increased, with almost eight in 10 regulated...

Westmarq challenges surveying ‘duopoly’ as it targets lender business

Westmarq has challenged mortgage lenders to move more of their valuation business away from...

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...