Buy-to-let

MT Finance ups maximum LTV on HMO product

MT Finance has increased the maximum loan-to-value (LTV) to 80% on its buy-to-let small...

HTB completes 22-property refinance and capital raise

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided a £3.67 million refinance and capital raise for...

Fleet Mortgages unveils new lower LTV products

Fleet Mortgages has announced the launch of a new range of products, available up...

The Dudley cuts discounted rates and adds new five-year fixes

Dudley Building Society has made reductions of up to 39 basis points (bps) across...

Navigating a changing buy-to-let landscape in 2025

The buy-to-let market has long been a cornerstone of the UK property sector, but...

The Cumberland cuts holiday let remortgage fee to £299

The Cumberland for Intermediaries has slashed the remortgage fee on all core holiday let...

£6.5k bill for homebuyers who miss stamp duty deadline

Rent and mortgage spending rose 7.7% year-on-year in February, as more homeowners moved from...

Satchell the latest to leave HTB bridging division

Lorenzo Satchell has become the latest senior member of the bridging team at Hampshire...

£1 billion lost annually as 50,000 London social homes used fraudulently

A shocking new report reveals that around 50,000 social housing properties in London are...

Buy-to-let boom: Landlord-owned companies now dominate UK business registrations

Companies House now has more firms registered to hold buy-to-let property than for any...

The Mortgage Works cuts rates for new customers

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has reduced rates by up to 0.30 percentage points across...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and...

Keystone Property Finance issues 10bps rate reductions

Keystone Property Finance has reduced a selection of its buy-to-let rates by 10 basis...

Landlord optimism tempered by regulatory and economic concerns

Landlords across the country remain confident in the buy-to-let market, with many planning to...

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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...