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Mortgages for Business are well recognised as the leading truly independent voice on the UK Commercial and Buy to Let Mortgage Markets. Members of the press or media should please contact Jonathan Moore, Marketing Manager for further information on 01732 471619.  View our latest press releases covering Buy to Let and Business mortgages.

  • A numbers game 8.3.2006

    Finding a property ripe for development is relatively easy. Finding and securing the best source of finance to maximise your return can be much harder. A good deal will see your profit margin increase; a bad one can see it vanish.

  • Breaking the traditional view of non-conforming commercial mortgage lending 26.2.2006

    Traditionally the words “sub-prime” and “non-conforming” have led many in the commercial mortgage industry to turn up their noses at what they view as a grubby area of the market. With most considering the market to be the realm of brokers and lenders who are either rogues or fools.

  • Buy to Let competition winner!! 3.2.2006

    Well done to Pandora Maple from Hampshire who won a case of Chateau Moulin - St Emilion Grand Cru!

  • Private landlords to lose control over tenants’ deposits 23.1.2006

    Landlords will no longer be able to keep tenants’ deposits following legislation pushed through by the deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott. The changes added to the 2004 Housing Act in its final stages are likely to catch many landlords by surprise and will burden landlords with additional costs and bureaucracy, which according to David Whittaker, managing director at Mortgages for Business, will be passed on to tenants

  • Home information packs – burden or blessing for buy-to-let investors? 31.10.2005

    At first glance, buy-to-let investors probably read with some dread the news that the Deputy Prime Minister looks to now be finalising plans to introduce home information packs (HIPs) in 2007.

  • Competition heats up for buy-to-let lenders 5.10.2005

    Competition between buy-to-let lenders is hotting up says Mortgages for Business, one of the country’s leading buy-to-let mortgage brokerages, and this means there a deals to be had for the canny investor.

  • Buy To Let – Bucking the trend ? 5.10.2005

    The Buy To Let (BTL) market breathed a sigh of relief on the publication of the lending data for the first half of 2005 when the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) issued its press release on 16 August. The headlines that were faithfully reproduced in many publications over the next few days emphasized that the number of new loans only declined by 4% and that advances of £9.9billion were actually a marginal increase on the last half of 2004.

  • Commercial mortgages in 2006 12.8.2005

    As Stephen Johnson, Sales and Marketing Director of Commercial First, stepped up to accept their second award of the evening at the NACFB Annual Dinner and Gala Awards ceremony on 11 November, the frustration of some of their competitors was quite evident. Not only had Commercial First won Commercial Mortgage Provider of the Year but they had also scooped the industry wide trophy for Specialist Lender of the Year.

  • Landlords concern over Local Housing Allowance changes 21.6.2005

    Mortgages for Business, a leading UK buy-to-let mortgage broker, is reporting increasing concern among buy-to-let landlords over the implementation of the new Local Housing Allowance (LHA).

  • Competition heats up for buy-to-let lenders 24.5.2005

    Competition between buy-to-let lenders is hotting up says Mortgages for Business, one of the country’s leading buy-to-let mortgage brokerages, and this means there a deals to be had for the canny investor.

  • Can buy-to-let lenders reinvigorate a sluggish market? 6.5.2005

    In a static or volume declining market what can buy-to-let lenders do to drive sales and increase their own market share?

  • The buy-to-let investors’ election manifesto 15.4.2005

    How will the nation’s buy-to-let investors fair this election? Mortgages for Business, one of the country’s leading buy-to-let mortgage brokerages, examines the manifestos of the three leading parties.

  • The ideal tenant. The ideal location. 14.4.2005

    Mortgages for Business survey reveals the most profitable parts of the country and most profitable tenants.

  • Budget sweetener for buy-to-let investors 17.3.2005

    Buy-to-let investors welcomed the Chancellor’s doubling of the stamp duty starting threshold (taking affect from 17 March) announced in yesterday’s Budget. With residential property purchases now being stamp duty exempt up to £120,000, the Council of Mortgage Lenders suggests that approximately 43% (approximately 78,000 purchases per year) of those buying property will benefit in the South East alone.

  • Achieving Buy to Let Lending Ambitions in 2005 9.3.2005

    The slowdown in the housing market in the closing months of 2004 and the sluggish activity in the early months of 2005 inevitably predetermine the activity of the Buy to Let (BTL) sector, as their fortunes are inexorably interlinked.

  • Buy-to-let remains a solid investment opportunity 14.2.2005

    Mortgages for Business reaction to the CML buy-to-let lending half yearly report

  • UKCFG confirms record 2004 buy-to-let mortgage figures 5.2.2005

    UKCGF completes £1.26 billion or one in 20 buy-to-let mortgages in 2004.