Portfolio BTL

Lender prices first 2022 securitisation

Belmont Green Finance, trading as Vida Homeloans, has issued the first European RMBS (Residential...

Untied and Lendlord launch integrated tax filing for landlords

Lendlord has selected personal tax app, untied, to power its tax capability for its...

West One joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added West One to its lender panel. Paradigm member firms are...

The Nottingham cuts 75% LTV limited company rates

The Nottingham has cut rates across its range of fixed-rate 75% LTV limited company...

Vida unveils new key worker mortgage

Vida has made a number of changes to its criteria to broaden its product...

MFS launches buy-to-let offering following pilot

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has launched its buy-to-let mortgage range to all brokers and...

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...

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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...

Latest news

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...

House price-to-income ratio falls to 11-year low as mortgage costs rise

The gap between UK house prices and earnings has narrowed to its lowest level...