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Landbay builds dedicated portfolio team

Landbay has set up a portfolio underwriting team specifically to cater for professional landlords...

Landlords see opportunities from buying EPC ‘D’ properties

Research undertaken by Landbay has found that awareness of EPC changes is much higher...

Coventry for intermediaries unveils new mortgage products

Coventry for intermediaries has added new mortgage products across its owner-occupier, offset and buy-to-let...

Brokers struggle to place first-time landlord cases

Brokers are facing a number of challenges on a regular basis when placing buy-to-let...

Non-portfolio landlords less aware of EPC changes

New research by Landbay has found that buy-to-let portfolio landlords are more likely to...

Hinckley & Rugby relaunches limited company offering

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has announced the relaunch of its buy-to-let limited company Lending...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries appoints new London BDM

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries has appointed Melanie Merchant as a business development manager (BDM)...

CHL Mortgages launches its first seven-year fix

CHL Mortgages has expanded its proposition with new deals, including a seven-year fixed rate...

Paragon product switches available six months in advance

Paragon Bank has extended the window in which buy-to-let mortgage customers can lock in...

Pepper completes largest securitisation to date

Pepper Money has closed its largest Residential Mortgage-Backed Securitisation (RMBS) to date, Polaris 2022-1,...

CHL Mortgages joins Brilliant Solutions’ panel

CHL Mortgages has been added to Brilliant Solutions’ lending panel. This partnership will provide...

TMA Club adds CHL Mortgages to panel

TMA Club has announced the addition of CHL Mortgages to its lender panel. Directly Authorised (DA) brokers who are members of TMA will have access to CHL Mortgages’ range...

Paragon: voids hit five-year low

Paragon Bank has reported that the incidence of void periods has declined over the...

EPC requirements not straightforward for landlords

Nearly a quarter of landlords say their properties are currently rated D or below...

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The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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The Cambridge relaunches interest-only fixed rate mortgages

The Cambridge has relaunched a selection of fixed rate mortgage products, including interest-only options...

Vernon BS adds free legals to selected remortgage deals

Vernon Building Society has partnered with Optimus to introduce a free legals service on...

Paragon launches tailored buy-to-let service for complex cases

Paragon Bank has launched a Tailored service to support buy-to-let mortgage applications that fall...

Castle Trust Bank adds AVMs to buy-to-let applications

Castle Trust Bank has introduced automated valuation models on eligible buy-to-let cases as part...