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Green rent cap plan could squeeze buy-to-let affordability

Green Party proposals to restrict private rent increases for three years could make it harder for buy-to-let borrowers to meet lender affordability criteria, brokers have warned. Speaking at the party conference in Brighton earlier today leader Zack Polanski proposed an “emergency brake” that would limit...
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Firms’ confidence in FCA rises as satisfaction hits 79%

Confidence in the Financial Conduct Authority has increased, with almost eight in 10 regulated firms now highly satisfied with their relationship with the regulator. The latest FCA and Practitioner Panel annual survey found 79% of firms reported high levels of satisfaction, up from 74% last...

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TMA to host free DA round table

The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) is holding a free round table event at the Tower...
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Accord cuts fixed rates again

Accord Mortgages has made further cuts to rates on its 85% LTV mortgage range,...
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Hastings Retail appoints new managing director

Tobias van der Meer has just been appointed as the new managing director of...
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Fees-free deal from the Saffron

The Saffron Building Society is offering its remortgage products with no arrangement, application, valuation...
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Bank holidays didn’t dent housing market

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) says the housing market withstood the pressures...
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The Perfect 10 rate cut to 3.79%

Woolwich has cut the rate on Bovis Homes' 'Perfect 10' mortgage package by 1.20...
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Aldermore celebrates first anniversary

Aldermore has completed £240 million of mortgages during its first 12 months in operation. The...
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Durell’s CRM software to integrate with sourcing system

Durell Software says it intends to integrate its CRM/CMS software with The Core, the...
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Bright Grey improves critical illness proposition

Bright Grey has added seven new definitions to its critical illness cover. Five of the...
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Rent arrears likely to rise: NLA

The National Landlords Association has claimed that landlords are likely to face further cases...
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Mortgage sector unaware of huge possibilities from legal shakeup

Law firm Goldsmith Williams believes that over three-quarters of brokers in England and Wales...
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Scottish Provident improves critical illness definitions

Scottish Provident has made what is describes as "substantial changes"" to its critical illness...
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Buy-to-let

Green rent cap plan could squeeze buy-to-let affordability

Green Party proposals to restrict private rent increases for three years could make it...
Regulation

Firms’ confidence in FCA rises as satisfaction hits 79%

Confidence in the Financial Conduct Authority has increased, with almost eight in 10 regulated...
Surveyors

Westmarq challenges surveying ‘duopoly’ as it targets lender business

Westmarq has challenged mortgage lenders to move more of their valuation business away from...
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Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with...