Buy-to-let

ModaMortgages unveils new £0 and 3% product fee options

Buy-to-let lender ModaMortgages has added new £0 and 3% product fee options to its...

Gatehouse Bank lowers home finance product rates and improves criteria

Gatehouse Bank has announced a series of product changes, including a 50 basis point...

Nearly half of landlords have no plans to sell despite tax squeeze

Almost half of UK buy-to-let landlords have no intention of selling any of their...

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High net worth clients may need more from their lender and their broker, so...

Virgin Money cuts select purchase, remortgage and BTL rates

Virgin Money is reducing selected fixed rates today (Friday 28 March). Details are as follows: Exclusive...

Molo cuts HMO and MUFB rates

Molo Finance has announced a 15 basis-point reduction on its Houses in Multiple Occupation...

LendInvest secures £250m Societe Generale funding facility

LendInvest has agreed a new £250 million warehouse facility with Societe Generale. The facility represents...

Could stamp duty changes keep renters in the market for longer and boost demand?

The decision by the government not to extend stamp duty relief for residential purchasers...

Vida cuts rates by up to 54 basis points

Vida Homeloans has introduced reductions on its residential products by up to 30 basis...

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries partners with PRIMIS

Specialist lender CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has agreed a new partnership with PRIMIS Mortgage...

Landbay lowers rates on limited edition small HMO and MUFB products

Landbay has made rate reductions of 10 basis points (bps) across its limited edition...

Keystone Property Finance joins Mortgage Intelligence and Next Intelligence panels

Keystone Property Finance has been added to Mortgage Intelligence (MI) and Next Intelligence’s (NI)...

Family BS expands mortgage range and eases JBSP criteria

Family Building Society has launched a refreshed range of mortgage products and made several...

Tenant awareness wildly varied on Renters’ Rights Bill

New research from Pegasus Insight has revealed a wide disparity in tenant awareness 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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The Market Harborough reaches £1m community funding milestone

Market Harborough Building Society said it has committed £1 million to community causes over...

Accord publishes broker guide on recognising economic abuse in mortgage cases

Accord has published a new guide for mortgage brokers on how to identify and...

CHL completes £5m portfolio refinance as lender navigates time-sensitive case

CHL Mortgages has completed a £5 million refinance across 10 buy-to-let properties in south...

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five...