Phil Riches is to retire as sales director of Keystone Property Finance later this month, bringing to an end a financial services career spanning five decades. Riches (pictured) has spent the past 14 years with the specialist buy-to-let lender, having joined in 2012 when the...

SDKA has increased the maximum loan size eligible for its title indemnity insurance policy from £150,000 to £250,000, in a move designed to reduce legal costs and speed up residential buy-to-let completions. The bridging lender introduced Westcor's Perfect Title Policy last summer, initially restricting its...