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Landbay Intermediaries MD Paul Brett is eagerly anticipating working alongside Positive Lending following the announcement of a partnership deal. Specialist buy-to-let mortgage lender Landbay has added Positive Lending as the latest specia…
News - 11 August 2017
Foundation Home Loans marketing director Jeff Knight has spoken of his delight following the enhancement of its buy-to-let range with a new HMO (Houses in Multiple Occupation) product. The new HMO product, available to both individuals and…
News - 08 August 2017
A children's charity fundraiser has praised cyclists from OneSavings Bank after they completed a 276-mile ride and raised more than £11,000. A team of eight OneSavings Bank staff members continued their efforts for charity partner Winston’…
News - 07 August 2017
Landbay CEO John Goodall says London landlords may be branching out of the capital with tightening yields having a negative impact. His comments come after it was revealed residential rents in the East of England grew by 2.35% in the 12 mo…
News - 03 August 2017
MD Jeff Knight says the lender has acted on feedback from intermediary partners in launching a five year fixed rate limited edition offer on its buy-to-let standard range. The offer is aimed at experienced landlords with two options: a 2.9…
News - 02 August 2017
Sales director Adrian Moloney says bespoke underwriting is in the DNA of OneSavings Bank's (OSB) after the specialist lending group signed a deal with leading property risk software developer eTech. An agreement has been made to implement …
News - 27 July 2017
The housing market had a slow month in June with house price inflation and buyer enquiries staying stagnant, a Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has revealed. And John Goodall, CEO and co-founder of buy-to-let specialist Land…
News - 13 July 2017
It's a landmark day for Landbay as the specialist buy-to-let mortgage lender has announced a partnership with financial services giant Legal & General. And the new agreement paves the way for the launch of Landbay Insurance, a point-of-…
News - 10 July 2017
Falbros executives Ryan and Alex Ewen reckon they have plenty of punch when it comes to business. Now they hope to show the same type of strength and craft in the boxing ring. For the brothers are reaching for the gloves, gum shields and…
News - 10 July 2017
Matt Andrews, MD of Mortgages at Masthaven, says the company’s decision to entering the residential mortgage market with a new range of products is simply a sign of the times. Mortgages at Masthaven's service has been developed to better m…
News - 07 July 2017
John Goodall, CEO and founder of Landbay, believes demand for rental properties will increase as the market emerges from the seasonal summer slowdown. Mr Goodall was reflecting on news that the average rent of a new letting in the UK grew …
News - 06 July 2017
OneSavings Bank chief John Eastgate believes "great stability" is on its way with the news emerging that more than half the value of buy-to-let lending in Q2 was provided to limited companies. According to the latest edition of the Limited…
News - 04 July 2017
Bank chief Andy Golding believes a "perfect storm" of weakening house prices, higher taxes and lending restrictions has led to landlords losing confidence in the prospects of their portfolios. Just 41% of landlords remain confident of an u…
News - 23 June 2017
Tony Sutton, managing director at Specialist Financial Services Ltd (SFS), has urged mortgage advisers to take advantage of changes to their brand the Loan Processing Centre (LPC). Mr Sutton was speaking following the announcement of the c…
News - 22 June 2017
London is the most expensive region in Britain to be a landlord – with running costs almost double the national average, says new research. Specialist mortgage lender Kent Reliance's poll figures show the average cost (excluding mortgage c…
News - 16 June 2017
A desire to deliver indispensable information to fulfil an unmet need was the driving force that led Falbros to launch an online bridging loan directory aimed at consumers and intermediaries. That's according to Ryan Decorsie Ewen, Head of…
News - 05 June 2017
AA Mortgages chief Michael Johnson has pledged to help steer customers towards easy and effortless mortgages thanks to the launch of a range of new fixed-rate products. Johnson, the AA director of financial services, has overseen the intro…
News - 02 June 2017
A million pounds was a lot of money once. It still is for most of us but the rise in people with millions, or even billions, in assets means banks are downgrading some accounts and creating a new layer of ultra exclusive services only avail…
News - 07 May 2017
The banks have received a battering in recent years and trust in them has taken a nosedive thanks to PPI scandals and the recession of 2008/9. But can the supermarkets really do any better when it comes to mortgages? The big four – Sainsbu…
News - 28 April 2017
Mortgage lending rose by 19% in March but is still almost a fifth lower than the same time last year, according to the latest figures. The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) estimated gross mortgage lending reached £21.4 billion which was 1…
News - 27 April 2017
Cynical marketing ploy or a genuine great rate for its customers? The new ultra-low mortgage rate from Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) seems, on the face of it, great news for home buyers. And it’s the latest in the building society’s ongo…
News - 24 April 2017