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Northern buy-to-let market surges as investors flee costlier South

Buy-to-let investors are accelerating a shift northward as high yields and lower entry costs...

Gatehouse Bank lowers rates for UK expats and overseas investors

Gatehouse Bank has reduced rental rates by up to 27 percentage points across its...

The Mortgage Works cuts rates once more

The Mortgage Works will make a further round of reductions to selected buy-to-let and...

Bank of Mum and Dad deepens divide in first-time buyer market

Family financial support is playing an increasingly decisive role in shaping the homeownership prospects...

The Brightstar Group marks mental health awareness week with community action

The Brightstar Group is throwing its full support behind Mental Health Awareness Week 2025,...

Landlords go corporate as sector professionalisation accelerates

The UK’s private rental sector is undergoing a seismic shift, with new research revealing...

Six out of 10 advisers struggle to find cover for clients with multiple or pre existing medical conditions

UK health and life insurer The Exeter has revealed that finding cover for clients...

Lenders move to cut SVRs following Bank of England rate reduction

A number of lenders have announced reductions to their standard variable rates (SVRs) following...

Sadiq Khan’s Green Belt pivot could signal major opportunity for mortgage and housing markets

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has taken a decisive step in addressing the capital’s...

The Leeds cuts rates in response to base rate shift

Leeds Building Society has announced reductions across its residential mortgage range of up to...

Nationwide trims mortgage rates again following Bank Rate cut

Nationwide is reducing mortgage rates for the fourth time in three weeks, with the...

Equity Release Group to provide later life lending advice to StepChange clients

Equity Release Group has been named the exclusive provider of later life lending advice...

Pepper Money broadens lending criteria

Pepper Money has unveiled a range of changes to its lending proposition, including the...

Kensington Mortgages restructures team to strengthen broker relationships across UK

Kensington Mortgages has announced a restructure of its field business development management team to...

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The Treasury is casting more floaters than a sewage farm

The problem with having a thoroughly inexperienced Chancellor and a properly ‘woodenheaded’ Prime Minister, is that they are learning the job ‘on the hoof’...

HMOs: market realities, future prospects, and the broker opportunity

The HMO sector remains one of the most dynamic parts of the private rented market, with recent data showing it’s both a significant asset...

Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

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The Treasury is casting more floaters than a sewage farm

The problem with having a thoroughly inexperienced Chancellor and a properly ‘woodenheaded’ Prime Minister,...

Why planning must be part of the asylum debate

At 2pm today the High Court is due to decide on an appeal against...

How planning can help solve the asylum housing crisis

The scale of the asylum housing crisis is stark. According to Reuters, more than...

Limited company landlords take bigger share of buy-to-let market

Landlords holding investment property through limited companies are playing an increasingly prominent role in...