Buy-to-let

CHL Mortgages hires Essex and East Anglia BDM

CHL Mortgages has appointed Shaun Persaud as its new business development manager (BDM) for...

Afin Bank appoints chief people & operating officer

Afin Bank has appointed Nicola Tunney as its chief people & operating officer. Tunney, who...

VAS Panel develops new HMO report template

VAS Panel has introduced a standalone Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Short Form Report...

PRS full of properties with poor EPC ratings

67% of landlords own own at least one property that does not meet the...

United Trust Bank unveils new brand identity

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced its new brand identity, based on the belief...

MT Finance completes inaugural buy-to-let securitisation

MT Finance Group has successfully closed its public buy-to-let securitisation, Pierpoint BTL 2024-1. The transaction...

Brightstar outlines Specialist Lending Expo panel discussions

The Brightstar Group has revealed the line-up for the two key panel discussions at...

Housing costs hit 13-month high

October saw growth in rent and mortgage spending increase to 6.4%, its highest rate...

Together products now on The Right Mortgage panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has Together to its lender panel. This means the...

Greater proportion of landlords seeing improving returns

The third quarter of 2024 saw levels of profitability reported by landlords hitting their...

Keystone looks to broaden its appeal among landlords

Keystone Property Finance has made changes to its criteria in a bid to appeal...

Loughborough BS joins Paradigm lender panel

Paradigm has announced the addition of Loughborough Building Society to its lender panel. Member firms...

Aspen provides £3m bridge-to-let on 13 Bath flats

Aspen has completed a £3m bridge-to-let for the purchase and renovation of a block...

Budget reaction: Stamp Duty changes

Nick Lyons, chief executive of inventory specialists, NoLetting Go, said: “The Chancellor put economic...

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First-time buyers and buy-to-let are not rivals

As we move further into 2026, a familiar narrative is starting to reappear. It suggests that a stronger first-time buyer market will be delivered...

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

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The Right Mortgage introduces in-house packager service for complex cases

The Right Mortgage has launched The Right Packager, a new service available to advisory...

L&G Ignite links to Lloyds Banking Group in first live product API integration

L&G’s Ignite platform has completed its first product API integration, connecting directly to Lloyds...

Together unveils specialist intermediary team to handle £1m+ cases

Together has launched a new dedicated larger loans unit aimed at supporting brokers with...

Over 1,200 first-time buyers paid £10k in stamp duty despite relief

Newly released HMRC data shows thousands of first-time buyers are still paying substantial stamp...