Mortgages

Skipton appoints IRM for East Central region

The Skipton Building Society has announced the appointment of Emma Hill to the team...

Record numbers for Mortgage Vision events

The 2017 series of Mortgage Vision events, organised and hosted by Mortgage Brain, saw...

The Buy to Let Business expands management team

Paul Elliott is to join the Buy to Let Business' management team in December. He...

Criteria Hub hits initial 50-lender target

Criteria Hub, a self-styled 'deep search' criteria engine for mortgage advisers, clubs and networks,...

Capital raising interest from portfolio landlords

Portfolio and professional landlords are increasingly looking to capital raise via remortgaging in order...

Precise to offer income supported BTL

Precise Mortgages is to launch Income Supported Buy to Let on 5 December, allowing...

Mortgage approvals remain level

The latest Mortgage Monitor from chartered surveyor e.surv has reported that the number of...

Proportion of first-time buyer sales falls again

NAEA Propertymark (National Association of Estate Agents) has reported that the proportion of sales...

The Stafford Railway appoints BDM for the north

The Stafford Railway Building Society has expanded its intermediary mortgage team with the appointment of...

New portfolio landlord product search tool unveiled

Mortgages for Business has issued an update to its online Buy to Let Mortgage...

Foundation Home Loans ups portfolio limits to £3m

Foundation Home Loans has increased the maximum total borrowing limits on its buy-to-let range...

Accord offers interest only options

Accord Mortgages has introduced interest only repayment options to its residential mortgage range. The lender...

PMS partners with the Holmesdale

PMS Mortgage Club has added Holmesdale Building Society to its lender panel. The move means...

Platform adjusts interest cover ratio requirements

Platform will now assess all buy-to-let mortgage applications made by lower rate tax payers...

COMMENT

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

AI doesn’t remove bias. It gives us the chance to manage it

One of the great promises of artificial intelligence has always been objectivity. Machines, unlike people, do not have bad days. They do not favour...

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Latest news

FCA bans CEO over fake €200m bond portfolio

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined and banned two former Blue Horizon Asset...

Pivotal reports 121% growth in second charge lending

Pivotal has reported a 121% year-on-year increase in second charge lending through its Believe...

ModaMortgages trims limited-edition five-year fixed rates

ModaMortgages has reduced rates by up to 10 basis points across its limited-edition five-year...

Providence agrees deal to acquire Hometrack

Providence Equity Partners has agreed to acquire Hometrack, the residential property valuation and risk...

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