Buy-to-let

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...

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...

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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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Bank Rate held at 3.75% as energy shock raises prospect of future increase

The Bank of England has kept Bank Rate at 3.75%, but warned that persistent...

Family BS names Seb Mrotzek as first chief operating officer

Family Building Society has appointed Seb Mrotzek as chief operating officer, creating the role...

FLA calls for FCA regulation of litigation funders

The Finance & Leasing Association has called for commercial litigation funders to be brought...

National Friendly adds three senior hires

National Friendly has made three appointments across its marketing, actuarial and business development teams...