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Molo joins Finova panel

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has announced its partnership with digital mortgage lender Molo,...

Leeds BS improves buy-to-let rates

Leeds Building Society has instituted rate reductions across its buy-to-let mortgage range. Following rate cuts...

Three in 10 landlords looking to expand portfolios

32% of buy-to-let landlords plan to buy property in the next 12 months, according...

Annual rental yields up markedly in England & Wales

Fleet Mortgages has published the latest iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q3...

Clever Lending completes £1.9m MUFB deal with HTB

Clever Lending has helped a customer who needed to refinance a Multi Unit Freehold...

Roma Finance secures new funding facility with Cambridge BS

Roma Finance has announced a new £120m lending facility with the Cambridge Building Society. The...

Shawbrook: landlords could bring new life to high streets

19% of landlords are considering diversifying into commercial property, according to recent research from...

Virgin Money offers new remortgage exclusives and cuts BTL fixed rates

Virgin Money has announced changes to selected mortgage products. It has withdrawn the following products: Remortgage...

Redwood Bank unveils cashback offer for green landlords

Redwood Bank is offering a new Green Reward cashback offer to portfolio landlords. The bank...

Lendlord introduces app for tenants

Lendlord, a platform for property investors and landlords, has launched a Tenants App to...

Paragon launches its lowest BTL fixed rate in over a year

Paragon Bank has launched a 4.69% five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgage, its lowest rate for...

The Mortgage Lender launches two new BTL deals

The Mortgage Lender has introduced two new buy-to-let products. The lender’s new products include a...

Precise Mortgages lowers assessment and stress rates

Precise Mortgages has simplified the minimum ICR for personal ownership applications and improved how...

80% of landlords says they were prepared for EPC proposals

UK landlords say they were in the main prepared for the government’s proposed Energy...

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Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

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Three-quarters of brokers expect rate hold

76% of specialist brokers expect that the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)...

The Finance Family adopts Acre as platform for growth

Midlands-based The Finance Family has migrated its team of over 20 brokers to Acre’s...

‘Consumer thinking’ holding businesses back from better finance solutions

New research from Time Finance has revealed that many UK businesses default to consumer-style...

British Business Bank reports how pivotal first Covid lockdown was

Five years since the first Covid-19 lockdown, new data from Start Up Loans, part...