Portfolio BTL

Recognise Bank funds £2.6m buy-to-let deal

Recognise Bank has agreed a £2.6 million refinance package for Caldew Court, a 35-unit...

HMOs moving up the value chain

Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) are moving up the value chain as tenants demand...

Hampshire Trust Bank increases maximum BTL loan size

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has enhanced its specialist buy-to-let offering, which includes Limited Company,...

Zephyr Homeloans adds TMG to key partner panel

Zephyr Homeloans has added The Money Group’s (TMG) network to its key partner panel....

Molo looking to relaunch back into UK buy-to-let market

Molo Finance has announced the strategic partnership with Australian mortgage lender, ColCap Financial, to...

Buy-to-let searches remain buoyant in June

June saw a spike in buy-to-let purchase activity, according to new data from Legal...

Paragon bolsters buy-to-let range

Paragon Bank is expanding its range of buy-to-let mortgages with the addition of two...

MAB partners with Yuno

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has announced a partnership with Yuno. The form claims the new...

Why brokers value flexible buy-to-let lenders

Despite the many challenges landlords face, the truth is that the rental market remains...

Paragon outlines disparity in EPC upgrade costs

Paragon Bank has found that there is a gulf in the amount that landlords...

TMA Club partners with the Swansea BS

TMA Club has announced a new partnership with Swansea Building Society, giving members of...

Castle Trust completes £5.4m BTL portfolio loan

Castle Trust Bank has completed a portfolio loan secured on 19 buy-to-let properties in...

Fleet: rental yields holding up

Fleet Mortgages has released the latest iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q2...

Octopus Real Estate joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Octopus Real Estate to its lending panel. Member firms of...

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The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Final call for views on FCA mortgage reforms

The mortgage industry has until tomorrow to respond to Financial Conduct Authority proposals intended...

One in five borrow to fund private healthcare

Almost one in five people who recently accessed private healthcare used a credit card...

Digital mortgage ID checks unaffected by government U-turn

Digital identity verification used by mortgage lenders, brokers and other regulated firms is unaffected...

Family BS launches broker Mortgage Hub

Family Building Society has launched an online mortgage application platform designed to give brokers...