PMS adds second charge lender Central Trust to its specialist panel
Fri 22 Mar 2019Central Trust provides second charge mortgages on residential, owner-occupied properties across the UK. Loan sizes range from £3,000 to £250,000,...
Landlords exposed for offering rooms for sex
Thu 21 Mar 2019
Undercover reporters emailed and met landlords in response to ‘free’ adverts for...
Cambridge & Counties Bank joins NACFB
Wed 20 Mar 2019
The patronage will raise the bank’s profile among the NACFB’s membership further. The...
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TML hires head of national accounts
Fri 22 Mar 2019
Eaves (pictured) has been with The Mortgage Lender since its launch in 2016 and this promotion is...
Aspen Bridging increases maximum loan sizes
Thu 21 Mar 2019
This is an increase from the previous limits of £1.5m net for portfolios and £1m net per...
Still places in London offering 5% rental yields
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London brokers increasing their amount of international bridging
Mon 18 Feb 2019
Based on observations and conversations over the past year, there appears to have been an increase...
Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated
Thu 24 Jan 2019
I bet you didn’t know that crest-tailed mulgara, a pocket-sized predator, once believed extinct,...
Editor's Pick
MFS hires second BDM of the year
Wed 20 Mar 2019
Having previously worked for Castle Trust Capital and Octopus Property, Graydon is experienced in...
Online letting community to pay outgoing tenants to find their replacement
Mon 18 Mar 2019
They will pay tenants up to one week's rent for liaising with prospective renters and carrying...
East London speeds ahead of West London in rental growth race
Mon 18 Mar 2019
Of the nine East London boroughs, the average cumulative rental growth since January 2012 is...
What buy-to-let landlords can expect in 2019
Tue 22 Jan 2019
As 2019 gets underway, and economic conditions continue to be uncertain, it is important for...
2019 is set to be a critical year for the future of letting agency
Wed 2 Jan 2019
Neil Cobbold, chief operating officer of PayProp UK The next 12 months will shape the future of...
Buy to let changes for 2019
Tue 11 Dec 2018
Andrew Turner, chief executive at Commercial Trust. As 2018 draws to an end, there has been much...
Aspen’s service praised and loan sizes questioned in broker survey
Mon 18 Mar 2019
At present the business has a maximum loan size of £1.5m for portfolios and £1m on single...
Aspen Bridging aims complete most cases in three to 10 days
Fri 15 Mar 2019
Based on a number of caveats, which assumes immediate valuation and legal payment, no building...
Shawbrook upgrades online application platform
Thu 14 Mar 2019
It said the platform involves keying applications directly onto the system for a virtually instant...
L&G launches buy-to-let exclusive with Foundation Home Loans
Thu 14 Mar 2019
From today, Legal & General Mortgage Club members will have access to the 5-year fixed rate...
Brace yourselves! 2019 could be 2009 all over again
Mon 10 Dec 2018
Jonathan Samuels, founder and chief executive of Octane Capital And so the end of another year...
Is the short-term lending market robust enough to deal with the fallout from Brexit?
Mon 10 Dec 2018
What a mess! Most people provisioned for uncertainty, not many for huge internal political chaos,...
It’s less than two weeks to section 21 changes
Fri 21 Sep 2018
Andrew Turner, chief executive, Commercial Trust Landlords with tenancies pre-dating October...