Buy-to-let

Investor secures £1.3m loan to expand assisted living portfolio

An experienced property investor has secured a £1.3m loan from Redwood Bank to support...

Foundation Home Loans targets larger loans with new limited edition BTL deals

Foundation Home Loans has unveiled a new suite of limited edition buy-to-let products aimed...

Finova adds equity finance provider to lender panel

Finova has added equity finance provider Pauzible to its Payments lender panel, bringing the...

Clydesdale drops residential and BTL mortgage rates

Clydesdale Bank is set to implement a series of rate reductions across its residential...

LendInvest cuts buy-to-let rates by 10bps

LendInvest has announced a 10 basis point reduction across its entire buy-to-let mortgage range,...

Quantum Mortgages completes second securitisation

Quantum Mortgages has completed its second securitisation just 10 months after its inaugural issuance,...

Keystone trims BTL rates and unveils AI-powered upgrade

Keystone Property Finance has reduced rates across its buy-to-let range, with cuts of up...

BTL lending criteria changing to tackle net zero risk

Buy-to-let lenders have begun reassessing their approach to energy-inefficient properties in anticipation of looming...

Virgin Money lowers selected fixed rates across residential and BTL

Virgin Money is set to implement a range of rate reductions across its residential...

MT Finance enters commercial mortgage market with J.P. Morgan backing

MT Finance has launched a new commercial mortgage business, underpinned by a substantial £2.5bn...

Allica Bank relaxes commercial affordability rules

Allica Bank has announced a wide-ranging package of changes to its commercial mortgage and...

Cooling rental market signals shift in tenant behaviour as first-time buyers return

Tenant demand across Great Britain has dropped sharply, marking a significant turning point in...

LHV Bank backs social housing expansion with loan to Vital Homes

LHV Bank has completed its first direct loan in the social housing sector with...

Q&A: Dave Rogers, Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Dave Rogers, national account manager at Bank of...

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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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Saffron targets faster mortgage decisions with FintechOS platform

Saffron Building Society has partnered with FintechOS to overhaul its mortgage origination process as...

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...