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The Suffolk lowers holiday let fixed rates and cuts SVR by 25bps

Suffolk Building Society has reduced fixed rates across parts of its holiday let and...

The Buckinghamshire brings back two-year fixed expat buy-to-let deal

Buckinghamshire Building Society has reintroduced a fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage aimed at expat landlords...

New Bucks’ expat buy-to-let launch and rate reductions

Buckinghamshire Building Society has announced rate reductions on selected Everyday Residential and Skilled Worker...

Vernon Building Society launches expat buy-to-let deal

Vernon Building Society has launched an expat buy-to-let mortgage product to bolster its offering...
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COMMENT

Comment

We must not accept our snail’s pace home buying system

Buying a house in this country can be ridiculously slow, as a handful of recent studies have highlighted. Research from the House Buyer Bureau...

Deferment and capitalisation rates: small percentages, large consequences

The Government is currently consulting on Leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates to determine what deferment and capitalisation rates should be prescribed under the Leasehold and...

Your clients can’t tell which firm they’re dealing with

Two clients walk into your firm in the same week. One of them is a referral from a mate of yours. Complicated case, self-employed, bit...

It’s time to look at retention

As the summer winds down and the back-to-school routine kicks back in, I urge the industry to turn its attention to something just as...

Landlords are buying – and advisers should take note

There has been no shortage of commentary over recent years suggesting landlords are heading for the exit, buy-to-let apparently no longer works and the...

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