Mortgages

Fixed rate BTL cuts at Foundation Home Loans

Foundation Home Loans has reduced its two, three and five-year fixed rates on its...

Keystone cuts Classic Range rates

Keystone Property Finance has cut all rates in its Classic Range by 10 basis...

Richard Tugwell joins Together

Together has appointed Richard Tugwell to the position of group intermediary relationship director. Tugwell (pictured)...

TSB cuts selected remortgage rates

TSB has reduced interest rates by up to 0.10 percentage points on selected mortgages...

Doubling in expat BTL enquiries

Skipton International has reported a large increase in mortgage enquiries from British expats in...

Coventry for Intermediaries celebrates broker pledges

Coventry for Intermediaries has donated £6,940 to a local homeless charity as part of...

CML expects BTL to remain subdued during the summer

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that in April, home buyers borrowed...

Magellan Homeloans announces new criteria

Magellan Homeloans has introducednew criteria across both Complex Prime and Credit Repair product ranges. The...

Metro Bank enters consumer buy-to-let market

Metro Bank is now accepting consumer buy-to-let buy-to-let applications. The lender says its new product...

Gary Bailey to leave Together after two decades

Together has announced that its sales director Gary Bailey is leaving the business, after...

Newcastle Intermediaries offers deals to North East FTBs

Newcastle Intermediaries has unveiled an exclusive range of fixed rate mortgages aimed at helping...

Accord tweaks residential range

Accord Mortgages has made changes its residential mortgages. The intermediary-only lender, which is part of...

The Mansfield launches affordability calculator

The Mansfield Building Society has introduced a new, web-enabled affordability calculator. The new affordability calculator,...

Vida unveils expat buy-to-let offering

Vida Homeloans is introducing a new 'Vida Expat' buy-to-let mortgage range. The lender says its...

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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