Buy-to-let

Record yields and robust tenant demand benefitting landlords

Foundation Home Loans has reported that average rental yields have reached a 10-year high...

Brokers offered real opportunity from unencumbered rental properties

Brightstar Financial has published a video which argues that unencumbered rental properties present a...

Foundation Home Loans launches fee-assisted residential ‘specials’

Foundation Home Loans has reduced rates across its ‘buy-to-let by Foundation’ and ‘Residential by...

CHL Mortgages cuts BTL rates by up to 49bps

CHL Mortgagesis cutting rates by up to 49 basis points (bps) across its buy-to-let...

Coventry for intermediaries unveils 3.90% fix and other rate cuts

Coventry for intermediaries has launched a new five-year fixed rate at 3.90% and reduced...

Castle Trust completes £1.3m MUFB refinance in nine hours

Castle Trust Bank has completed on a £1.3m refinance loan on a large MUFB...

Intermediaries recover their positivity about the future

Intermediary confidence in the outlook for the mortgage industry has now recovered to its...

MFS joins New Leaf lender panel

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has been added to New Leaf Distribution’s panel of lenders. ...

The Mortgage Lender reduces its buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has announced further rate reductions across its buy-to-let products and...

Marsden BS launches new holiday let range

Marsden Building Society has unveiled three new fee-free furnished holiday let (FHL) mortgages, with...

Rental yields reach 10-year high

Paragon’s latest PRS Trends Report has revealed that rental yields reported by landlords have...

Quantum Mortgages completes inaugural securitisation

Quantum Mortgages has completed its first public securitisation, two years after launching. The transaction,...

Five new faces at Catalyst

Specialist lender Catalyst has expanded its lending team with five new hires. Appointments have...

UTB Mortgages cuts BTL rates by up to 40bps

United Trust Bank Mortgages for Intermediaries has announced rate cuts of up to 40bps...

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Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

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...

Latest news

CHL cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its short-term let and limited edition buy-to-let ranges. The...

Darlington cuts rates across buy-to-let and specialist ranges

Darlington Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 50bps across its buy-to-let,...

HTB backs £2.4m Mitcham scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank has provided a £2.4m development finance facility for a mixed-use scheme in...

The Mansfield reports record mortgage lending for second year running

Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage lending for the second successive year, after...