Buy-to-let

HTB appoints Paula Priest as Midlands BDM

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

NI exemption could spark ‘silver surge’ in buy-to-let investment

Older landlords could soon become the unexpected winners of forthcoming tax changes, as proposals...

Chetwood Bank appoints Rajan Kapoor as NED and audit chair

Chetwood Bank has appointed Rajan Kapoor as non-executive director and chair of its audit...

Commonhold and AI dominate debate at ALEP annual conference

The annual conference of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) drew more than...

Why limited company lending is now the real buy-to-let mainstream

It’s funny how quickly the market changes its rhythm. Not long ago, limited company...

SimplyBiz Mortgages launches nationwide showcase series for advisers

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced the return of its Mortgage Showcase series, a nationwide programme...

Landbay reduces five-year Premier fixed rates

Landbay has cut rates across its five-year fixed Premier products, with prices now starting...

Paragon unveils limited edition 75% LTV buy-to-let offering

Paragon Bank has introduced a new range of limited edition buy-to-let mortgages at 75%...

HTB supports overseas landlord with £1.2m semi-commercial loan

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £1.2 million semi-commercial facility for an Australian...

LendInvest cuts buy-to-let rates and lifts loan limits on larger HMOs

LendInvest Mortgages has announced rate reductions across parts of its buy-to-let range alongside an...

Roland McCormack on driving transformation in the mortgage market

The Teams window flickers into life and then Roland McCormack appears in the bottom...

Keystone cuts buy-to-let rates by 10bps

Keystone Property Finance has cut rates across the majority of its buy-to-let range, reducing...

Chetwood Bank partners with Target Group for loan servicing

Target Group has been appointed by Chetwood Bank to manage the digital challenger’s loan...

Vida expands specialist lending range with new holiday let deals 

Vida Homeloans has launched a new range of holiday buy-to-let products as part 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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e4 Strategic targets post-offer delays with new VERSA Convey platform

e4 Strategic has launched a digital workflow platform designed to improve communication between lenders...

Holiday let owners lift profits despite tax regime changes, Cumberland finds

Nearly half of holiday let owners say their profitability has increased since the abolition...

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...