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Vida increases lending limits and expands support for credit‑impaired customers
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (229+ words) Vida has made changes to its specialist residential range, aiming to help brokers working with customers who have complicated or non-standard needs." The lender has increased the maximum loan-to-value (LTV) for debt consolidation on its Vida 36 tier from 85% to 90%." Vida…...
Principality Intermediaries cuts rates and launches new 95% LTV product
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (262+ words) Principality Intermediaries has confirmed a series of rate reductions across its residential and buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage range, alongside the introduction of new products, as part of a wider refresh of its offering. Across the core residential range, multiple fixed rate…...
Principality Intermediaries to cut PT rates across residential and BTL ranges
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (335+ words) Principality Intermediaries is set to introduce changes to its product transfer (PT) range from 9am on Monday 2nd March 2026, when the new range goes live on its website. The current range will be withdrawn at 5pm on Sunday 1st March 2026. The updated range includes…...
The Mortgage Works cuts limited company BTL rates for landlords
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (233+ words) The Mortgage Works is cutting rates by up to 0.20% on selected 2- and 5-year fixed rate products for limited company landlords, effective from tomorrow, 26th February." New limited company buy-to-let (BTL) options now include a 2-year fixed rate at 3.74%, reduced by 0.20%, with…...
Mercantile Trust enhances lending criteria, launches integrated calculator
1+ week, 1+ day ago (189+ words) Mercantile Trust has rolled out a series of lending criteria changes to give brokers more options when placing cases." Key changes include extending the maximum term on term loans from 300 months to 360 months." The maximum loan-to-value (LTV) in Northern Ireland…...
Together and Truffle Specialist Finance deliver 24-hour regulated bridging loan
1+ week, 1+ day ago (320+ words) Together and Truffle Specialist Finance have provided a regulated bridging loan for a couple looking to buy a house for their daughter." The couple were selling a flat in Plymouth, where their daughter was living, but faced a delay with…...
Chetwood Bank appoints BDM for the South East
2+ week, 2+ day ago (236+ words) Chetwood Bank has appointed Simon Parish (pictured) as business development manager (BDM) for the South East." Parish joins with 20 years" experience, having previously worked as a BDM at Metro Bank, Paymentshield, SortRefer and LiveMore Mortgages." For the past two years,…...
BTL lending growth matches FTBs and home movers, analysis finds
2+ week, 2+ day ago (346+ words) Buy-to-let (BTL) lending has kept pace with first-time buyers (FTBs) and home movers, according to the latest analysis from Alexander Hall." Over the last year, BTL mortgage lending grew at an average quarterly rate of 7%, the same as FTB and…...
Suffolk Building Society cuts BTL rates across expat and holiday let products
3+ week, 1+ day ago (256+ words) Suffolk Building Society has cut rates on its fixed rate buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages by up to 0.26%." The reductions apply to 80% loan-to-value (LTV) products and take effect from today, 11th February 2026." The society's 2-year and 5-year fixed rate expat BTL mortgages are…...
Foundation cuts BTL rates and launches additional specialist products
3+ week, 1+ day ago (470+ words) Foundation has introduced a broad set of rate reductions and new products across its specialist buy-to-let (BTL) range, with cuts by up to 0.30% now live. The changes apply to a large proportion of Foundation's specialist BTL offering covering standard and…...