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The level of new-build properties being sold has picked up as we approach the end of the year, while sales across...

Paragon’s ‘Commercial Lending’ division provided 100% funding for a customer to acquire a development site with planning permission. The case – which...

Paragon has launched a new range of buy-to-let purchase and remortgage products for portfolio and non-portfolio landlords. The discounted rates for two...

The time it takes to sell a home across UK cities has hit a three-year high, according to Zoopla. Its September UK...

Intermediaries can now access a discount for term retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgage from Hinckley & Rugby. The building society is offering its...

Average bills for home insurance are up just 2.1% in a year, with a competitive marketplace keeping up with the UK’s...

Nearly a quarter of UK homes have no home insurance, according to Assurant Intermediary. The insurance company says advisers play a vital...

Interest-only mortgages comprised 20% of new business introduced in Q2 2019, down from 28% is Q2 2007 but significantly higher than...

The UK’s first buy-to-let mortgage calculator of its kind has officially been launched by BrokerSense, the provider of specialist mortgage calculators...

Dudley Building Society is giving customers the chance to consolidate their mortgage and rental payments from a shared ownership or Help...

Bridging and development finance lender Roma Finance has launched a five-year mortgage to allow investors to purchase or refinance investment property. Through...

Paragon is boosting its buy-to-let mortgage range this summer, with a combination of lower interest rates, no upfront fees and £350...

Specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has announced a product refresh, which will expand and enhance more than thirty products for professional landlords. The...

The Bank of Mum and Dad (BoMaD) is currently spending an average of £6,000 more than in 2018 to help loved...

Paragon is expanding its specialist buy-to-let mortgage range with new short-term finance products for property acquisition and refurbishment. The products are designed...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a Retirement Interest Only (RIO) mortgage exclusively through Legal & General Mortgage Club. Members of...

Paragon has updated its buy-to-let mortgage products for spring 2019. The restored range includes a choice of two and five-year fixed rate...

Over-55s now make up nearly 200,000 owner occupier housing transactions in England each year, according to the latest study from the...

There has been a shift in broker searches regarding equity release, while searches for lenders that allow houses of multiple occupation...

The number of properties available in London under Help to Buy (HTB) has declined by 64% since 2017, according to modular...

Buy-to-let mortgage lender Landbay has announced a new partnership with The Mortgage Compliance & Insurance Club (MCI Club). The partnership will provide...

Shawbrook Bank and the newest addition to its ‘Strategic Partner’ panel, Sirius Property Finance, helped an experienced investor to remortgage nine...

Newbury Building Society has launched its first retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgage to support borrowers in their later life. Applicants must be a...

Computershare Loan Services has launched Zephyr Homeloans, a dedicated buy-to-let lender that provides a range of mortgage products for portfolio landlords...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages for limited companies that are exclusively available through the specialist mortgage...

The proportion of sales made to first-time buyers rose by five percentage points to 29% in June, the highest figure recorded...

The Tipton & Coseley Building Society is now accepting applications for second homes and holiday lets. The launch enables borrowers to rent...

The national month-on-month figures for new listings ‘for sale’ reached 9.4%, while the amount of properties sold sat at 6.2% in...

The proportion of homeowners selling up increased in May, as sellers tried to secure offers before the housing market’s typical summer...

A new 5-year fixed-rate buy-to-let range with reduced rates and product fees to support brokers and customers has been launched by...

Historically second charge mortgages or secured loans as they are also known were seen as a last chance option for a...

Nearly two out of five (38%) landlords will use limited companies to buy properties over the next year compared to 28%...

Lenders must say what they mean and mean what they say! And that includes not offering a silly low monthly rate...

The UK surveying provider and property risk service, e.Surv Chartered Surveyors, has launched a remote valuation service. Set to offer mortgage lenders...

Paragon has launched a new range of limited edition buy-to-let mortgage products for landlords who have four or more mortgaged properties. Landlords...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society and Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) have launched an exclusive product for homeowners who want to pay...

Specialist mortgage lender for intermediaries Vida Homeloans has announced improved criteria following its full market launch just over a year ago. Vida...

The majority (74%) of mortgage applications via intermediaries for first-time buyers resulted in a completion during Q4 2017, according to the...

A slow but steady start was recorded at the beginning of 2018, in line with numerous industry predictions on how the...

Half a million households would be at risk of negative equity if there was a drop in the average UK house...

A new wave of residential products is being introduced to help mortgage brokers secure the best solution for their clients. Following the...

Paragon has launched a new CaseTracker app and extended its range of portfolio and non-portfolio buy-to-let mortgage products for the new...

After listening to feedback from brokers, Furness Building Society has increased the maximum LTV in Scotland to 95% on standard residential...

The borrowing limits on Foundation Home Loans’ buy to let range has increased from £2 million to £3 million. There is no...

One in five British homeowners purchased a property prior to selling their existing home, a new study conducted by CoverBuilder has...

The number of expats looking for buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages to buy property in the UK has soared over the past year,...

In light of its fifth anniversary as a bank and current account provider, M&S Bank has announced its first mortgage range...

Six in ten parents can afford to financially support their children to buy their first home, while only 5% can pay...

Advice has surfaced from Accord Mortgages on how brokers can reduce house sales delays caused by property valuation set-backs during autumn. Recently,...

Paragon has made its buy-to-let mortgage products more accessible for intermediaries following the merging of the Mortgage Trust and Paragon Mortgages...

Yorkshire Building Society is launching a range of two-year mortgages to help first-time buyers (FTBs) take their first steps on the...

Property lender, LendInvest, has launched the first LendInvest Broker Property Development Course in partnership with the National Association of Commercial Finance...

Approximately 1,000 advisers have now passed the RQF Level 4 certificate in Advanced Mortgage Advice, according to The Society of Mortgage...

The Mortgage Hut is aiming to meet growing customer demand for complex property loans by launching a new bridging and commercial...

The imminent Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) changes grant brokers and advisors more opportunity to provide guidance for buy-to-let landlords who are struggling...

The Northview Group has announced changes to its portfolio buy-to-let lending criteria for both Kensington and New Street Mortgages. The changes come...

Half of BTL brokers still unware of upcoming PRA changes Just over half (54%) of brokers believe that they fully understand what...

OneSavings Bank (OSB) has announced its new lending criteria for portfolio landlords to help brokers prepare for the PRA Phase 2...

The number of first-time buyers and buyers of investment properties has fallen in the last two years, My Home Move say. First-time...

Research from Lloyds Bank Private Banking shows that the total household wealth in the UK reached an estimated £10.5 trillion in...

TMA has launched a website to support advisers ahead of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) changes coming into action on September...

Castle Trust Capital has announced the implementation of its PRA Phase 2 changes, which require a specialist approach to underwriting for...

Research from Mortgage Advice Bureau Swindon has found that it is cheaper for Swindon tenants to purchase a new property than...

Accord Buy to Let has announced details of its lending criteria for portfolio landlords, set to come into effect on 30...

Specialist mortgage lender, Foundation Home Loans, has reformed its buy-to-let range with new first-time landlord products. New five-year fixed rate options will...

The number of properties available to buy through estate agents in March was the lowest level recorded for the third month...

Gearing amongst landlords remained low in the first quarter of the year, according to Paragon Mortgages, with the average loan-to-value (LTV)...

As the supply/demand imbalance continues there is an average of 11 prospective buyers chasing every property for sale, according to NAEA...

Specialist mortgage lender Vida Homeloans has this week announced a fresh wave of updates to its buy-to-let mortgage range.  The firm has...

Online mortgage lender LendInvest has launched a new refurbishment finance product.  The finance solution is aimed at property investors who want to...

Average buy-to-let loans and deposits increased in 2016, new research from The Mortgage Broker Ltd has revealed. This came as a result...

The UK’s first bank built exclusively for mobile customers has extended its Digital Mortgage range, with 80% LTV and 85% LTV...

Bridging finance lender Roma Finance is launching a special 0.75% bridging rate until Valentine's Day. The firm has announced a special time-bound...

Some five hundred mortgage professionals have completed the Level 4 Certificate in Advanced Mortgage Advice since its launch two years ago,...

Rates on first charge buy-to-let mortgages have been reduced by mortgage lender Together. This takes them below 7%, with LTVs of...

Who are you? Edward Trustworth, 23 What does it say on your business card? Founder, MyTenantedProperty.com What does the business do and what are you...

Data published this week by the Resolution Foundation confirms the continuation of the downward trend in home ownership in the UK.  Since 2003...

A new mortgage calculator is to allow prospective buyers considering shared ownership to work out the total cost of purchasing a...

A green mortgage research project called LENDERS is asking all householders in the UK for their help in completing a survey...

Paragon Mortgages has updated its buy-to-let product range for professional landlords and unveiled six new products. The range includes two-year fixed rate products...

Buy-to-let investors have started selling off properties as Chancellor George Osborne's tax crackdown begins to bite. Demand is also likely to fall...

The average London property may come with an eye-watering price tag of £550,000 but the real cost of buying is even...

Newcastle Intermediaries has become the latest lender to announce it is raising its stress test levels for buy-to-let mortgages. It is increasing...

The surge in buy-to-let transactions in the run-up to the stamp duty surcharge on 1 April has left first-time buyers facing...

Government-backed plans to impose new restrictions on the availability of buy-to-let mortgages are likely to be bad news for tenants. That is...

New data showing a sharp decline in property affordability in the UK capital will put pressure on the new London mayor...

The supply of rental properties plunged in the run-up to the new stamp duty surcharge on 1 April and further falls are...

The number of properties for sale jumped by more than half in March as buy-to-let investors exited the market. Demand fell at the...

Interest in purchasing buy-to-let properties has collapsed as new tax changes start to bite. The number of people planning to buy a...

The number of rental properties spiked by more than 20% in the final week before the stamp duty surcharge was introduced, new figures...

Paragon Mortgages has updated its lending criteria for limited company landlords in the wake of recent Government announcements on tax relief...

More than two out of five landlords are either moving or considering moving their buy-to-let portfolios into corporate structures ahead of...

The joint crackdown on buy-to-let by Chancellor George Osborne and the Bank of England is deterring just 14% of landlords from...

Kensington has moved to paperless application processing as part of a wider shake-up aimed at making it easier for intermediaries to...

Mortgage brokers and property experts are warning that the latest attempt to dampen the buy-to-let market could backfire. The Bank of England...

Buy-to-let investors are said to be "storming the housing market" as estate agents report an increase in the numbers trying to...

Chancellor George Osborne's forthcoming stamp duty surcharge will push up buy-to-let rental costs and trigger a decline in the supply of...

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has warned against further intervention in the buy-to-let market as the forthcoming tax crackdown looks...

Chancellor George Osborne's eighth Budget delivered another blow to buy-to-let investors by excluding property from cuts to capital gains tax (CGT) rates. Investors...

Chancellor George Osborne surprised many in the property industry by confirming that larger buy-to-let investors must pay the new 3% stamp duty...

The cost of the average private tenancy in Greater London is now £1,521 a month, double the £744 average for the...

Paragon Mortgages has refreshed its range of buy-to-let products catering for individual landlords and limited companies. Its full product range includes trackers...

The Bridgebank Capital Group has launched a new commercial investment product, focused on enhancing the value of commercial property through the...

April's forthcoming stamp duty surcharge on investors has brought the prime central London property market back from the dead. Property demand has...

Two new sets of figures show house prices continue to power upwards but property experts warn a slowdown could be in sight. The...

The supply of available housing has plunged to a new low while demand from buyers has surged in recent weeks. Housing supply...

New evidence suggests that only high-earning first-time buyers are able to afford their first properties, leaving the rest behind. The gap between...

House prices leapt by 2.5% in January to mark the biggest monthly upswing for 14 years, Land Registry figures show. The average...

The supply of rental properties has fallen to its lowest level for a year and experts warn the Chancellor's tax crackdown...

The "love affair" between retirees and their buy-to-let properties is as strong as ever despite upcoming tax changes, new data suggests. The...

Tax experts have urged the Government to scrap the stamp duty surcharge for parents helping their children become first-time buyers. Chancellor George...

The mortgage market has started 2016 "with a bang" as gross mortgage lending rose 21% year-on-year. Lending hit £17.9 billion in January,...

New research suggests that the Government's clampdown on buy-to-let is scaring off investors. Almost one in 10 UK adults say they have...

The number of million pound properties in the UK will more than triple by 2030, new research suggests By that date, one...

Property agencies report a surge in demand for London buy-to-let property ahead of the looming surcharge on stamp duty. But some fear...

Mortgage brokers have suggested that the wheels may be coming off the buy-to-let bandwagon after new figures showed lending to landlords...

With the scale of devastation from flooding witnessed recently, anxiety about purchasing a property in a flood risk area is heightened....

Time is running out to escape the stamp duty surcharge on buy-to-let properties and second homes and the cost of failure is...

The price of property coming to market has leapt by 2.90% this month pushing the average asking price to within a...

Chancellor George Osborne's stamp duty changes saved homemovers more than £4,500 on average last year, new figures show. The Chancellor cut stamp...

The flood of buy-to-let investors looking to beat the forthcoming 3% surcharge on stamp duty is driving house prices even higher...

Chancellor George Osborne's stamp duty reforms are proving expensive for the Treasury wiping £620 million off its revenues last year, new figures...

Demand for property in London continues to soar as buyers rush to beat April's forthcoming stamp duty surcharge on investment properties. Both new buyer registrations...

Quantum by Bridgebank Capital has completed a £10.95 million short term loan advance against a portfolio of prime London properties, part...

The supply of available housing has almost halved in 10 years while the number of buyers has steadily risen. This growing imbalance between...

The housing market is facing a buy-to-let "storm" as investors rush to buy property before the stamp duty surcharge comes into...

Buy-to-let lender Fleet Mortgages said that £1.2 billion of business has flowed through its system in its first year of lending. The...

Gross mortgage lending jumped 8% in 2015 to hit a better-than-forecast total of £220.3 billion. Lending in December totalled £19.9 billion, up 23% on...

Chancellor George Osborne's looming stamp duty surcharge is driving housing demand as buy-to-let investors rush to beat the tax hike. The latest RICS UK Residential...

The shortage of properties for sale has hit house purchase approvals which fell more than 3% in December. There were 68,218 house purchase...

Market confidence among intermediaries is at a record high due to rising prices, strong remortgage demand and healthy lender funding. The only...

The property market has made a bright start to 2016 with the average home coming to market priced £1,500 higher than...

Construction industry output fell by 0.5% in November to put even greater pressure on the UK housing market. The shortage of properties...

House prices in England and Wales have risen by nearly £18,000 in the last year, an average rise of nearly £1,500...

The number of investors purchasing buy-to-let properties through a limited company rose sharply in the final quarter of 2015, new figures...

Buy-to-let landlords could sell off hundreds of thousands of investment properties over the next five years in response to Chancellor George Osborne's tax...

Leeds Building Society has launched a new range of buy-to-let mortgages with cashback for existing borrowers. Existing borrowers wanting to add to...

Higher stamp duty on £1 million plus properties has hit growth in prime central London and pushed it to the fringes...

House price inflation in UK cities hit 10% in 2015 led by London, where the average property jumped 13.3% to £52,900. Buyers need...

Paragon Mortgages is targeting professional landlords with its new "winter range" of buy-to-let mortgages. The range includes 22 new products designed for...

The housing market is set for its strongest December since 2006 and next year should be equally buoyant, according to Rightmove. Asking...

Buy-to-let is in the line of fire again with reports that officials at the Basel Committee are looking to get tough on...

The typical home buyer approximately £4,500 better-off due to last year’s stamp duty changes. Chancellor George Osborne reformed the “slab system” of...

Buy-to-let investors are rushing to set up limited companies to avoid Chancellor George Osborne’s forthcoming tax crackdown. Investors are trying to escape the...

House price growth in prime central London is grinding to a halt as higher stamp duty on expensive properties hits growth. Annual growth...

Chancellor George Osborne isn't alone in launching an attack on buy-to-let, Bank of England governor Mark Carney is also muscling in on the act. Carney...

House sales to first time buyers accounted for nearly a third of total sales in October, the highest proportion since August...

New Land Registry figures showed house prices in England and Wales rising a healthy 5.6% in the year to October, taking...

Mortgage brokers have attacked the Chancellor’s "truly aggressive attack" on buy-to-let in his Autumn Statement and Spending Review yesterday. George Osborne punished...

Chancellor George Osborne's assault on the buy-to-let market yesterday could trigger a short-term “spree” as landlords rush to buy property before...

The Chancellor's pledge to build 400,000 new homes and support young buyers in London have been welcomed by the property industry but...

Buy-to-let landlords are increasingly searching for lower-priced properties in a bid to secure higher yields, new research suggests. Seven in 10 landlords...

The UK may be in deflation but this has had little impact on buy-to-let rents which leapt by 4.7% over the...

There has been a "surge" in the number of buy-to-let investors considering moving their properties into limited company structures. Brokers are looking to reduce...

British buyers are "emboldened" in the London property market and now account for nearly eight out of 10 new sales. Overseas buyers account...

Investment demand has picked up in prime central London after recent reports of a property slowdown in the capital. Newly-released third-quarter Land...

New figures show that the UK tax rate on buy-to-let investments is already higher than in many other countries, even before Chancellor George...

Mortgage arrears and repossessions hit a new low in the third quarter but brokers have warned against borrower complacency. They fear borrowers...

A fall in the number of affordable homes being put up for sale has driven overall property availability in the UK...

The number of new properties coming onto the market across the UK increased for the second consecutive month in October. Online estate...

Buy-to-let landlords have driven a massive shift in the property market that has taken a million homes out of residential ownership...

Chancellor George Osborne is under attack by critics who claim his recent stamp duty overhaul which has hit property sales and slashed revenues from...

Landlords seem to be under attack from all sides of the political divide, as Chancellor George Osborne buy-to-let tax crackdown proceeds...

First-time buyers accounted for 29% of total sales in September, a rise of 45% compared to August. The National Association of Estate...

The prime central London property bubble appears to have burst as demand falls and a surge of new stock saturates the market. Demand...

Record high demand for first-time buyer properties has pushed prices up by nearly 10% in the year. Although property prices generally have...

A businessman who masterminded one of the UK’s biggest mortgage scams has been jailed for five-and-a-half years. David Purdie, 57, appeared to...

Landlords have been warned of a sharp rise in sub-letting scams as sky-high demand for property gives unscrupulous tenants the opportunity to...

Changes to the stamp duty system introduced at the end of last year have led to a slowdown in sales of...

The number of home loans being marketed to landlords has reached a new high, research has revealed. The latest Complex Buy to...

Three-bedroom properties have seen the fastest growth for rents after rising 4.6% in the last year. London computer hotspots like Windsor and...

The buy-to-let rental market remains in good health with low void periods, climbing yields and robust tenant demand. Paragon Mortgages’ latest private rented...

The number of landlords increasing rents for tenants fell in August, the first drop this year, new figures show. Only one in three...

The price of property coming onto the market has hit a new high after the biggest September rise for 13 years. New...

Nearly one in five landlords plan to buy more buy-to-let properties despite the looming threat of Chancellor George Osborne's tax crackdown. New...

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is changing its buy-to-let criteria to significantly widen the appeal of its mortgages to brokers and their customers. NatWest has been...

UK house prices rose 9% in the past year after a strong summer that saw prices leap 3% between June and August,...

One in five older people are considering downsizing but are being put off by a lack of homes and the cost...

The over-55s are set to go on a property buying spree, new research suggests. More than a third of homeowners over the age...

One in five landlords say they will be forced out of business in the next two years by Chancellor George Osborne's...

Landlords with standard buy-to-let properties will lose money when interest rates start rising, new research shows. This would be a double blow...

The number of homes coming onto the UK property market has surged to its highest level since 2010, new figures show. Nearly...

The number of house hunters in July hit the highest level in almost 11 years after leaping 5% in a month. The supply of available...

Residential property transactions fell by 4% between June and July, according to new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. July's seasonally-adjusted figures...

Buy-to-let landlords are gearing up to offload their properties after waking up to the impact of Chancellor George Osborne's recent tax...

Buy-to-let landlords face a "severe dent" in post-tax profits following Chancellor George Osborne's tax crackdown. Individual landlords will face extra tax bills of £2,000...

As many as four million 18-39 year olds are actively trying to purchase a buy-to-let property to cash in on the...

Repossession rates have fallen to another new low but brokers warn that will quickly reverse when interest rates finally start rising. Repossessions...

Two new sets of figures show the prime London property market has slumped in recent months after years of surging ahead. Analysis...

Leeds Building Society is changing its buy-to-let criteria to increase the maximum number of properties per borrower. The society has increased the...

Property sales in prime central London property sales have been hit by stamp duty reforms with no sign of an immediate recovery. In...

More than 100 mortgages are available for landlords who buy properties through a limited company, allowing them to retain current levels...

Figures published by the Office for National Statistics show that private rental prices paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by...

The number of first-time buyers plunged more than 27% in the year to June, with no sign of a post-election bounce. There...

The Bank of England could be handed new powers to restrict buy-to-let lending and curb the property boom. Chancellor George Osborne is...

While the London housing market drove UK growth in 2014, the capital should underperform the rest of the country this year,...

A sharp drop in new property supply is forcing house prices ever higher with the average asking price now just a...

Government plans to raise the inheritance tax (IHT) allowance could inflate the housing market by putting greater restrictions on the supply...

Buy-to-let landlords could lose thousands of pounds a year after Chancellor George Osborne limited tax relief on mortgage interest payments yesterday's Budget. From...

Mortgage lender Paragon has announced details of a new range of loans aimed at professional landlords. A new brace of three-year fixed-rate...

Prices of properties near the main site of the 2012 London Olympics are increasing at twice the average rate in the...

Brokers remain confident that house prices will continue to rise this year despite new figures showing a fall of 0.2% in June. The surprise price...

The Bank of England has warned that the booming buy-to-let market poses a threat to the financial stability of the UK. It...

Landlord income from buy-to-let income is rising again as demand from tenants outstrips the plunging supply of rental property. The number of...

Excellent buying conditions have lured Britons back into the overseas property market this year, with bargain property prices and historically low...

As UK house prices reach new records and the price for an average London property crosses £500k, you might wondering whether...

Recent figures show that the UK is currently facing a housing shortage, with the lowest number of properties available for sale...

Suite Properties is a firm specialising in buying and selling property in a dynamic and fast-paced industry. For different reasons, many people...

Recent surveys showed UK rental prices have hit a record high and it shows no slowing down. According to the figures, landlords...

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the launch of two new Marsden Building Society buy-to-let products, available exclusively to its members. These are...

There has been a rush of buyers into prime central London property in the immediate aftermath of the General Election. There are...

The price of property coming to market has surged to an all-time high after rising nearly £8,500 in a month. The average...