Portfolio BTL

Fleet reports annual rental yields up in all regions

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

Q&A: James Gilliam, managing director, Pure Panel Management

BestAdvice fires the questions at James Gillan, managing director at Pure Panel Management BestAdvice (BA):...

Molo Finance adds MUFB to product range

Molo Finance has expanded its buy-to-let product suite by launching Multi-Unit Freehold Blocks (MUFB),...

Foundation Home Loans reduces buy-to-let and owner-occupier rates

Foundation Home Loans has announced rate reductions of up to 0.75% on selected buy-to-let...

TML completes complex buy-to-let cases “in a matter of weeks”

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has completed two cases for a landlord who needed a...

First-time landlords are not a dying breed

The ongoing debate about the private rental sector (PRS) having anywhere near adequate supply...

HTB partners with Finova Payment and Mortgage Services

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has partnered with specialist lender Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB). HTB...

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...

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Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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Coadjute joins FCA AI testing programme as conveyancers face tougher AML regime

Coadjute has joined the Financial Conduct Authority’s AI Live Testing programme as conveyancing firms...

Morrow hire to lead intermediary growth strategy

Morrow has appointed Amit Gupta as financial services director as it looks to expand...

Russell Quirk calls out broken transaction system

UK mortgage and property professionals have been urged to rethink the homebuying process after Russell...

Newcastle updates broker portal for faster product transfers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has upgraded its broker portal to make product transfers quicker and...