Portfolio BTL

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...

Portfolio mortgages may offer answer in big year for remortgages

As expected, this week the Bank of England announced another increase to base rate....

Paragon Bank unveils eight new buy-to-let mortgages

Paragon Bank has added four limited-edition products and four switch products. Four limited edition products...

Mercantile Trust revamps buy-to-let criteria

Mercantile Trust has made a series of changes across its buy-to-let proposition. Lending criteria now...

No call for BTL doom and gloom

How has 2022 begun for you? There, of course, is always a sense of...

Paragon adds five remortgage deals for portfolio landlords

Paragon Bank has added five remortgage products to its range of buy-to-let mortgages. The loans...

Enra completes second Elstree securitisation

Enra Specialist Finance has completed its second public securitisation, backed by a portfolio of...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts selected buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced rates across its buy-to-let mortgage range, including its five-year-fixed...

Landlords favouring semi-detached purchases over terraces

Paragon Bank has reported that semi-detached houses have overtaken terraced homes as the preferred...

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The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

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Simplybiz Mortgages and FIBA add six lenders to specialist panel

Simplybiz Mortgages and the Financial Intermediary & Broker Association have expanded their Specialist Property...

First-time buyer affordability remains strained despite narrowing house price gap

Only 12.1% of potential first-time buyers can afford the average starter home in their...

Royal London targets GP report delays with digital service

Royal London is expanding its use of digital medical evidence in an effort to...

Equifinance names Jackie Burchill as lending operations director

Equifinance has appointed Jackie Burchill as director of lending operations as the second charge...