Lender launches buy-to-let ‘pound for pound’ remortgage products
Specialist lender Buy to Let Foundation has introduced a buy-to-let “pound for pound” remortgage group of products. Specialist lender Buy to Let Foundation has introduced a buy-to-let “pound for...
TSB pulls products, lifts resi and landlord rates by up to 75bps
TSB will pull products and lift prices across its residential and buy-to-let fixed-rate ranges by up to 75 basis points on Thursday (25 April). ...
Give us BTL product innovation not more of the same deals, say brokers
BTL mortgage lenders’ recent spate of product releases will do little to alleviate the issues landlords face trying to pass stress tests. BTL mortgage lenders’...
Expanded range from Chorley and new rates from the Dudley
Expanded range from Chorley and new rates from the Dudley Expanded range from Chorley and new rates from the Dudley Read More
Just 2% of London’s buy-to-let properties currently for sale have tenants in situ
England's largest levels of pre-tenanted buy-to-let investment properties are located in the North West, according to new research. England's largest levels of pre-tenanted buy-to-let investment...
March sees tenant demand in the capital warming up ahead of summer: Foxtons
Foxtons have released their monthly lettings index for March, revealing small increases in both demand and supply. Foxtons have released their monthly lettings index for...
Virgin Money increases rates and launches new buy-to-let product transfers
Virgin has extended its green reward offer as part of the changes. Virgin has extended its green reward offer as part of the changes. Read More
Skipton BS swallows UK’s oldest building society
Today, Skipton Building Society (89 branches, 830,000 members, the UK's fourth largest) takes over Chesham Building Society (3 branches, 20,000 members, one of the smallest — and, established in 1845, the UK's oldest). Background to the Skipton takeover of Chesham Building Society Despite the ongoing furore about Skipton's "exceptional circumstances" SVR increase for existing mortgage [...]
Santander’s rash of mortgage rate cuts
Santander cuts its fixed rates today by up to 0.40 per cent Responding to a general increase in mortgage market competitiveness, Santander has trimmed the rates on its five-year fixed rate mortgages by up to 0.25 per cent. The range includes a 4.99% deal for purhases only (70 per cent LTV limit, £995 fee), or [...]
Newcastle BS launches 90% loan-to-value mortgages
High LTV mortgages not just for first-time buyers Newcastle Building Society today launches mortgages for up-to-90-per-cent LTV borrowers. They're not only intended for first-timers into the housing market, but also for purchasers looking to move on up. What they won't cover is remortgagers looking to increase their borrowing and make up for reduced equity. The range [...]











