Buy-to-let

LendInvest promotes new head of distribution and expands East London coverage

LendInvest Mortgages has promoted Rod McPherson to head of distribution and created a new...

Coventry for intermediaries reduces rates across residential and buy-to-let ranges

Coventry for intermediaries has announced rate cuts of up to 19 basis points, with...

The Mortgage Works cuts 2 & 5-year rates

The Mortgage Works has cut rates across selected two and five-year fixed products, with...

NatWest Group enters buy-to-let through Landbay partnership

NatWest Group has announced a strategic move into the buy-to-let mortgage market through a...

One in five landlords now use limited companies for buy-to-let mortgages

The proportion of landlords turning to limited company structures to manage their buy-to-let holdings...

West One eases buy-to-let lending criteria

Specialist lender West One Loans has widened its buy-to-let criteria to support a broader...

Suffolk BS hires new telephone BDM for Wales and the South West

Suffolk Building Society has appointed Ryan Forde as its new telephone business development manager...

Family Building Society eases borrowing barriers for landlords and homeowners

Family Building Society has unveiled a series of changes to its lending criteria and...

Keystone unveils new summer HMO deals with 80% LTV

Keystone Property Finance has launched a limited edition range of HMO products with loan-to-value...

The Coventry reports boost in profits following Co-operative Bank acquisition

Coventry Building Society Group has posted a significant rise in profits for the first...

Fleet Mortgages reduces two-year fixed rates by up to 25bps

Fleet Mortgages has announced a series of rate cuts of up to 25 basis...

Arc & Co. doubles lending volumes in year of commercial and development rebound

Specialist debt and equity advisory Arc & Co. has reported a 108% year-on-year rise...

Molo cuts buy-to-let rates on core products

Molo, the specialist mortgage lender serving both UK-based and overseas landlords, has announced a...

Buy-to-let landlords face strategic refinancing moment as fixed-rate deals expire

A significant wave of refinancing is sweeping across the UK’s buy-to-let sector as landlords...

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Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

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...

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Prime London prices fall 7% as buyers hold back

Prime London house prices fell by 7% year-on-year in August as uncertainty over borrowing...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help...

UK rate hike risk grows after Fed raises rates

The prospect of UK interest rates rising again is moving back onto the agenda...

Novus launches mortgage simulator to tackle completion delays

Novus Strategy has launched a mortgage journey simulator designed to allow lenders to test...