Buy-to-let

AI tool from REalyse promises to streamline property search and valuation for brokers

Mortgage brokers across the UK will soon have a powerful new tool in their...

Keystone cuts rates once again

Keystone Property Finance has announced a further reduction in its mortgage pricing, marking the...

Zephyr Homeloans reduces 2 & 5-yr BTL rates

Zephyr Homeloans has announced rate cuts across its two and five-year fixed rate mortgage...

Mark Rookyard joins Birmingham Bank as BDM for London and South Regions

Birmingham Bank has appointed Mark Rookyard as its business development manager for the London...

ModaMortgages cuts rates by up to 20bps across buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has cut rates by up to 20bps across its buy-to-let range. The reduction means...

Paragon expands BTL offering with new 80% LTV products and rate cuts

Paragon Bank has launched two new buy-to-let mortgage products at up to 80% loan-to-value...

The Coventry cuts mortgage pricing as swap rates ease

Coventry for intermediaries has announced a reduction in selected fixed mortgage rates, responding to...

Catalyst joins Brilliant Solutions lender panel

Specialist lender Catalyst Property Finance has been added to the lender panel of Brilliant...

The Mortgage Works trims buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Works (TMW), the buy-to-let arm of Nationwide Building Society, has announced a...

The Right Mortgage adds Loughborough BS to its lender panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has expanded its lending panel with the addition...

Northern regions dominate buy-to-let market as landlords chase yields

Landlords are doubling down on high-yielding rental investments in the North of England, defying...

Remortgage activity surges while two-year fixes fall out of favour

The UK mortgage market showed signs of shifting sentiment in March, according to the...

LendInvest cuts 5 and 7-year buy-to-let rates following portal upgrade

LendInvest Mortgages has announced a 20 basis point reduction across its 5 and 7-year...

Landlords invest in ‘doer-uppers’ as annual improvement spend hits £8,500

Landlords are increasingly seeking out properties in need of improvement, with an average annual...

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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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Mortgage industry bodies launch new ED&I survey

AMI and IMLA have launched a new industry-wide survey aimed at measuring progress on...

Landbay turns to broker education as Renters’ Rights Act reforms approach

Landbay is set to host a broker-focused webinar examining the implications of the Renters’...

Fleet cuts five-year buy-to-let fixes and widens 75% LTV options

Fleet Mortgages has cut pricing on selected five-year fixed buy-to-let products and expanded its...

HSBC UK cuts mortgage rates by up to 25bps across residential and buy-to-let range

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across parts of its residential and buy-to-let range,...