John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect on the boom, the backlash - and why they believe Britain needs the sector...
PMS Mortgage Club says it is on course for its strongest performance in five years after recording higher lending, mortgage completion and protection volumes...
Property professionals have been urged to start testing digital home-moving processes now rather than waiting for new requirements to become mandatory.
Industry representatives speaking at...
The Digital Property Market Steering Group has launched a consumer-focused video explaining how Smart Property Data could change the home buying and selling process.
The...
The Angels Foundation UK has opened a wellbeing centre in Cambridgeshire after receiving the first year of a three-year, £150,000 funding commitment from the Cambridge Building Society.
The charity, which supports survivors of domestic abuse, has used the funding...
Landbay has expanded its buy-to-let tracker range with 11 new products and reduced rates on a number of existing deals by up to 15 basis points (bps).
The lender has introduced new options across its Core, Premier, Small HMO...
Howden has opened its first commercial insurance office in Wrexham as the broker expands its presence across North Wales.
The firm said the expansion reflected growing demand from businesses in the region for specialist insurance, risk management and advisory...
UK homebuyers remain committed to purchasing a property but are less willing than buyers overseas to change their spending, borrowing or property expectations to make a move possible, according to research from Cotality.
The property data and analytics business...
Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...
Typically, affordability and customer vulnerability have sat in different parts of the business. Credit risk looks after affordability: can this person repay what they’re...
FORTO Finance has launched in the UK mortgage and protection market following a pilot that began in April.
The new brokerage will advise on residential mortgages, remortgages, buy-to-let lending, specialist property finance and protection.
Founded by mortgage and protection adviser Anthony Curtis, with Esmé Rook as...
Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...
Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact them somewhere between 780 and 1,300 times.
Three to five times a week, every week, for five years. That's the published...
Walsham Brothers has added Paradigm Protect to its growing list of distribution partners as it seeks to widen adviser access to its mortgage payment protection insurance range.
Adviser members of Paradigm Protect will now be able to access Walsham Brothers' mortgage payment protection insurance (MPPI)...
