Portfolio BTL

Foundation Home Loans unveils new owner-occupied products

Foundation Home Loans has announced a refresh of its core buy-to-let and owner-occupied product...

The Budget did affect your landlord clients

Now that we’ve had some time to assess the Budget and all its ramifications...

Landlords upgrading property standards for capital and rental value gain

Paragon Bank has reported that acquisitive landlords have helped drive an improvement in standards...

Webinar to discuss ‘the new normal’ in BTL rental market

Zephyr Homeloans is this week holding a webinar for brokers on current buy-to-let and...

New products and rate cuts from Virgin Money

Virgin Money is making changes to a number of mortgage products on Tuesday 21...

Phoebus and Keystone complete mortgage book migration

Phoebus has completed the migration of Keystone Property Finance’s back mortgage book onto the...

Almost half of landlords maintain positive outlook

46% of landlords remain positive about the future prospects of their buy-to-let business and...

Paragon adds four five-year fixes to offering

Paragon Bank has launched four limited edition five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages. Rates start...

Virgin Money unveils BTL and residential changes

Virgin Money is making a series of changes to its buy-to-let and residential mortgage...

Saffron BS increases maximum loan sizes

Saffron Building Society has announced a full product refresh across its mortgage portfolio, focused...

Hampshire Trust Bank becomes new FIBA lender partner

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has announced that Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB)...

Gatehouse Bank enhances green home finance offering

Gatehouse Bank has made changes to its green home finance offering. Previously only available to...

Digging deeper for buy-to-let

Ever since the first product of its kind was launched into the mortgage market...

Suffolk BS makes expat and BTL lending improvements

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

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FCA’s mortgage rule changes: it’s time to raise the advice bar, not drop it

The FCA’s move to relax some of the rules around mortgage switching and term changes might sound sensible on paper—cutting admin, giving borrowers quicker...

Tom Bill: Unintended consequences

Former Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduced a brick tax in 1784 to pay for the American War of Independence. Manufacturers were charged by...

U.S. Market: lower rates are needed to help unlock the market

When Donald Trump was reelected and took office at the start of this year, we knew it was going to be interesting! The property market...

A home shouldn’t be out of reach for those who keep the UK running

In a housing market that has grown steadily more selective, it is often those who arguably help keep the country running who are quietly...

Richard Pike: A conference of positivity – Global ABS Day three

It’s time for reflection of the last three days here in Barca. To readers, this must seem like a pretty decent gig to be...

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Third of SMEs forced to pause business activity due to lack of finance

Nearly one in three UK small and medium-sized enterprises have been forced to stop...

Cost of setting up a home ‘falls below inflation’

The cost of establishing a new home has risen at a significantly slower pace...

Santander cuts mortgage rates across the board

Santander has reduced interest rates on a wide range of its residential mortgage products...

Accord lowers buy-to-let mortgage rates

Accord Mortgages is reducing rates across its buy-to-let product range, as part of a...