Portfolio BTL

Suffolk BS makes expat and BTL lending improvements

Suffolk Building Society has made a number of product and criteria changes to help...

Government should support the PRS

Last year, when Britain announced its third Prime Minister within the space of a...

More support for landlords needed as tenants seek energy efficiency improvements

21% of tenants have spoken to their landlords about making energy efficiency improvements to...

How will the Budget affect the PRS?

With the Bank of England meeting everyone’s expectation with its 50 basis points increase...

Majority of landlords won’t buy substandard EPC properties

68% of landlords say they would now be less likely to purchase a property...

Majority of landlords don’t intend to sell any properties

Seven out of 10 buy-to-let landlords do not intend to sell any of their...

Hampshire Trust Bank reduces 5-year BTL fixed rates

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has made major changes to its specialist buy-to-let mortgage offering,...

West One launches new BTL fixed rate products

West One Loans has launched a new range of two and five-year fixed rate...

Using bridging to help BTL investors grow their portfolios

Looking back on the year, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that things are...

Coventry for Intermediaries unveils new two-year BTL fixed rates

Coventry for Intermediaries has launched two-year fixed rates for new buy-to-let and portfolio landlord...

Precise Mortgages joins CoreLogic UK’s portfolio landlord platform

Precise Mortgages has partnered with CoreLogic UK to support with property risk management and...

Slight fall in overall number of profitable BTL portfolios

Rental yields and tenant demand are holding firm for landlords’ property investments, however profitability...

Mercantile Trust joins Propp lending panel

Mercantile Trust has been added to the lending panel of Propp, the property finance...

Understanding the regional picture across the country

We are now almost through the first month of the year, and each passing...

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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...