Buy-to-let

Chetwood Bank unveils monthly £1,000 broker giveaway

Chetwood Bank is giving brokers who register with ModaMortgages the chance to win a...

Landbay cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps across range

Landbay has reduced rates across its entire buy-to-let range by as much as 25...

Accord launches new range with cashback boost for first-time buyers

Accord Mortgages has unveiled a new range of residential and buy-to-let products, introducing rate...

Vida broadens landlord range with new Consumer BTL offering

Vida Homeloans has expanded its specialist buy-to-let proposition with the launch of a new...

Gatehouse Bank makes criteria changes on buy-to-let plans

Gatehouse Bank has announced a series of criteria updates and reduced documentation requirements across...

NI levy on landlords could push up rents and cut supply

Plans to extend National Insurance contributions to rental income could trigger a significant contraction...

Masthaven Finance secures £100m funding line

Masthaven Finance has agreed a £100 million funding facility with Macquarie Group in what...

Foundation unveils new fixed-fee and green products

Foundation Home Loans has expanded its buy-to-let range with a series of new fixed-fee...

Foxtons mortgage arm lifts revenue as lettings offset weaker London sales

Foxtons’ financial services arm Alexander Hall reported a sharp rise in revenue in the...

Accord reduces affordability stress rates

Accord Mortgages has introduced changes to its affordability assessments designed to ease pressure on...

Buy-to-let market hold firm as professional landlords take the lead

The buy-to-let sector showed signs of stabilising in the second quarter of 2025, as...

Smart Money People launches latest broker feedback survey

Smart Money People has opened its latest Mortgage Lender Benchmark survey, with brokers already...

Atom bank expands mortgage team after Newcastle office move

Atom bank is adding new roles to its mortgage division following its relocation from...

HTB appoints Paula Priest as Midlands BDM

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has expanded its specialist mortgages team with the appointment of...

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What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

Triple lock or no triple lock? That is not the question

The debate over the State Pension triple lock has returned. But perhaps the more important question is what the debate tells us about the...

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Guardian claims payouts rise 48% to record £31.7m

Guardian paid almost £31.7 million in life, terminal illness and critical illness claims during...

Royal London pays income protection claim before customer pays first premium

Royal London has paid an income protection claim to a customer who became unable...

Novello joins OPDA as it prepares AI-led surveying platform

Novello Chartered Surveyors has joined the Open Property Data Association as the surveying firm...

Virgin Money raises selected mortgage rates and launches new 60% LTV deals

Virgin Money is increasing selected residential and buy-to-let rates from 16 September while withdrawing...