Portfolio BTL

West One improves BTL criteria and rates

West One Loans' buy-to-let division has made a number of changes to its product...

Understanding and demonstrating value

There are a huge number of ways in which a broker can demonstrate their...

Rental yields keeping pace with property prices

Fleet Mortgages has published the latest iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q4...

Shawbrook completes £11.5m buy-to-let mortgage

Shawbrook Bank, in conjunction with Strategic Partner Coreco Commercial, has supported a customer with...

Paragon unveils new five-year portfolio fixed rates

Paragon Bank is adding four new five-year fixed rate mortgages to its buy-to-let portfolio...

Pepper improves buy-to-let criteria

Pepper Money has made changes to its buy-to-let criteria, including reducing minimum income requirements...

Fleet’s 2021 origination up 96% on previous year

Fleet Mortgages completed £782m of lending during the 2021 calendar year, posting a pre-tax...

Mansfield BS launches new limited company product range 

Mansfield Building Society has reduced rates and simplified its buy-to-let mortgage range with four...

Keystone increases large loan cashback

Keystone Property Finance has increased the amount of cashback it pays on large loans...

Paragon cuts rates across buy-to-let ranges

Paragon Bank has refreshed its buy-to-let product ranges, reducing rates across 20 products. New deals...

Castle Trust Bank introduces new year improvements

Castle Trust Bank has reduced the rate on one of its most popular products,...

Landbay simplifies buy-to-let range with new rates

Landbay has refreshed its range to simplify its buy-to-let mortgage offering and has added...

Paragon unveils switch and further advance products

Paragon has introduced a range of switch and further advance products for portfolio and...

Foundation Home Loans enters 85% LTV buy-to-let market

Foundation Home Loans has launched a range of new buy-to-let products at 85% LTV...

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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...

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

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Click2Check adds ID verification to adviser compliance platform

Click2Check has added an identity verification service to its digital compliance platform, aimed at...

Atom points to growing near-prime hurdle for first-time buyers

First-time buyers with thin credit files or minor historic credit issues are becoming a...

Landlords move to regain possession before Renters’ Rights Act changes

Landlords stepped up possession activity in March as the 1 May implementation of the...

The Marsden appoints chief customer officer

Marsden Building Society has appointed Julia Brook as chief customer officer. Brook (pictured) will be...