14th January 2026 YBS Commercial cuts BTL rates and adds two-year products The lender now offers two-year fixed rate products for loans between £500,000 and £20 million for property purchase and remortgage.
14th January 2026 Pepper Money introduces free BTL valuations and slashes rates Pepper Money has cut rates by up to 0.35% across its Pepper48 range, including Limited Edition products.
13th January 2026 Landlords see rental yields rise to 7.7% as North-South divide narrows Average rental yields across England and Wales reached 7.7%, rising 0.3% annually and 0.2% quarterly in Q4 2025.
13th January 2026 Buy-to-let searches slump in December but remain 7% up year on year Total mortgage searches reached 1,088,120 in December, down 22.6% month on month but up 10.75% compared with the same period last year.
12th January 2026 Foundation drops ‘Home Loans’ in brand refresh The lender continues to operate as a UK non-bank specialist buy-to-let provider using manual underwriting.
12th January 2026 Roma Finance expands buy-to-let lending into Scotland The lender's new Scottish buy-to-let product offers loans of up to £750,000 at a maximum of 75% LTV.
12th January 2026 Buy-to-let adviser accreditation scheme enters second year Over 20% of all business placed by The Right Mortgage in 2025 was for buy-to-let, up from just over 13% in 2024.
9th January 2026 Together cuts buy-to-let variable rates by 0.25% Together has reduced rates by up to 25 basis points across regulated and unregulated products following the Bank of England's base rate cut in December.
6th January 2026 Pepper Money lowers BTL rates and expands HMO access Two-year fixed buy-to-let rates have fallen by up to 25bps, with five-year fixes reduced by up to 15bps.
6th January 2026 Darlington expands Ltd Co BTL lending criteria The LTV increase forms part of the society’s broader focus on specialist lending.