Buy-to-let

Investor secures £1.3m loan to expand assisted living portfolio

An experienced property investor has secured a £1.3m loan from Redwood Bank to support...

Foundation Home Loans targets larger loans with new limited edition BTL deals

Foundation Home Loans has unveiled a new suite of limited edition buy-to-let products aimed...

Finova adds equity finance provider to lender panel

Finova has added equity finance provider Pauzible to its Payments lender panel, bringing the...

Clydesdale drops residential and BTL mortgage rates

Clydesdale Bank is set to implement a series of rate reductions across its residential...

LendInvest cuts buy-to-let rates by 10bps

LendInvest has announced a 10 basis point reduction across its entire buy-to-let mortgage range,...

Quantum Mortgages completes second securitisation

Quantum Mortgages has completed its second securitisation just 10 months after its inaugural issuance,...

Keystone trims BTL rates and unveils AI-powered upgrade

Keystone Property Finance has reduced rates across its buy-to-let range, with cuts of up...

BTL lending criteria changing to tackle net zero risk

Buy-to-let lenders have begun reassessing their approach to energy-inefficient properties in anticipation of looming...

Virgin Money lowers selected fixed rates across residential and BTL

Virgin Money is set to implement a range of rate reductions across its residential...

MT Finance enters commercial mortgage market with J.P. Morgan backing

MT Finance has launched a new commercial mortgage business, underpinned by a substantial £2.5bn...

Allica Bank relaxes commercial affordability rules

Allica Bank has announced a wide-ranging package of changes to its commercial mortgage and...

Cooling rental market signals shift in tenant behaviour as first-time buyers return

Tenant demand across Great Britain has dropped sharply, marking a significant turning point in...

LHV Bank backs social housing expansion with loan to Vital Homes

LHV Bank has completed its first direct loan in the social housing sector with...

Q&A: Dave Rogers, Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Dave Rogers, national account manager at Bank of...

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Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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Virgin Money cuts fixed rates and raises selected tracker pricing

Virgin Money is reducing fixed mortgage rates across purchase, remortgage and selected buy-to-let product...

The Monmouthshire gives more than £10k to flood-hit local community

Monmouthshire Building Society has donated more than £10,000 to residents, sports clubs and businesses...

Rent growth slows as house prices edge higher, with Middle East tensions clouding outlook

Private rent inflation eased again in March while UK house prices rose modestly in...

Gen H expands broker sales team with three BDM hires and internal promotion

Gen H has expanded its broker sales team with three new business development managers...