Buy-to-let

Portfolio landlords continue with green upgrades

37% of portfolio landlords are continuing to upgrade their properties to EPC C or...

Foundation Home Loans secures new £1.25bn funding line

Foundation Home Loans has secured a new £1.25 billion funding line to continue offering...

HTB revamps property division leadership teams

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has made two senior appointments within its property division. Alex Upton...

HMOs becoming more central to landlord strategies

Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) are making up an increasing percentage of buy-to-let business,...

Suffolk BS cuts rates on selected products

Suffolk Building Society has cut the rate on its 90% LTV residential three-year fixed...

All regions – bar one – see annual rental yield rises

Fleet Mortgages has published the latest iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q1...

Paradigm adds MFS to panel

Paradigm has announced the addition of specialist lender, Market Financial Solutions (MFS) to its...

Paragon reveals top 10 portfolio BTL locations

Paragon Bank analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for...

The DPS to host free landlord webinars on disputes

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) has created a series of free online webinars to...

Beneficial Network adds Molo Finance to panel

Mortgage and protection network, Beneficial, has added Molo Finance to its lender panel. The move...

West One Loans expands BTL credit appetite

West One Loans has extended its buy-to-let range with new options for landlords who...

Suffolk BS adds new 125% ICR tier

Suffolk Building Society has introduced a new tiered approach to its Interest Cover Ratio...

Paragon Bank announces sales team restructuring

Paragon Bank has announced a restructuring of its sales team with immediate effect. Regional sales...

Mortgage searches down month-on-month

Twenty7tec has published its mortgage market statistics for March 2024. Purchase mortgage searches were down...

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The self-employed boom and why traditional life cover won’t cut it

There’s a shift happening in how people work and how they buy homes - especially for the self-employed and gig economy worker. Flexibility, autonomy and...

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...

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Santander lowers higher LTV rates for FTBs with 95% 5-year fix at 4.72%

Santander will cut rates by up to 0.32% across its 85%-95% LTV first-time buyer...

First-time buyer solo females outpace couples

More women are planning to step onto the property ladder alone rather than with...

Melton targets foreign national borrowers with new five-year fixes

Melton Building Society is launching a dedicated foreign nationals mortgage range, aimed at borrowers...

North West leads HMO market share as yields edge below 10%

The North West has the highest proportion of HMOs in the UK at 17.9%,...