Portfolio BTL

Cotality and Landbay streamline buy-to-let submissions with integration

Landbay has become the first buy-to-let lender to integrate brokers directly into Cotality’s Buy...

Fleet Mortgages unveils new two-year fixes

Fleet Mortgages has unveiled a fresh selection of two-year fixed-rate products while simultaneously cutting...

YBS Commercial raises LTVs and maximum loan sizes for HMOs

YBS Commercial Mortgages has made a series of significant changes to its buy-to-let products...

UK rental boom cools as growth slows to four-year low

The UK rental market is showing signs of a significant shift, with new data...

Landbay enhances PT offering with additional borrowing and overpayment flexibility

Landbay has expanded its buy-to-let product transfer (PT) offering with the addition of both...

Lendco products now live on Mortgage Brain platforms

Specialist buy-to-let lender Lendco has joined Mortgage Brain’s Sourcing Brain and Criteria Brain platforms. The...

Pepper Money introduces HMO mortgage range

Specialist lender Pepper Money has unveiled a new mortgage product for houses in multiple...

Paragon sees 25% rise in BTL lending as loan book strengthens

Paragon Bank has reported a 25% increase in new buy-to-let lending for the first...

Nearly half of landlords plan rent hikes ahead of new legislation

Almost half of UK buy-to-let landlords plan to increase rents in anticipation of the...

Redwood Bank looks to improve leverage for SMEs and professional landlords

Redwood Bank has unveiled a series of enhancements to its commercial mortgage offering, designed...

Seven things mortgage lenders can do to help landlords

As a mortgage broker, I receive countless emails from buy-to-let mortgage lenders boasting about...

ModaMortgages cuts rates and launches new HMO & MUFB products

ModaMortgages has announced a reduction in rates across its buy-to-let product range, with cuts...

Redwood Bank adjusts lending criteria to support landlords

Redwood Bank has announced changes to its lending criteria aimed at easing affordability constraints...

Most UK landlords operate solo as tax complexity and modest yields persist

A new HMRC-commissioned study has revealed that the vast majority of UK landlords remain...

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The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

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Net zero rules targeted in housebuilding shake-up

The Conservatives have pledged to strip as much as £50,000 from the cost of...

Tories put stamp duty abolition at heart of housing shake-up

The Conservatives have pledged again to scrap stamp duty as part of a housing...

Target Group adds Carla Stent to board

Target Group has appointed Carla Stent as a non-executive director, adding further financial services,...

Later life lending summit to focus on changing advice needs

Mortgage advisers will be encouraged to consider how longer borrowing lives and increasingly complex...