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Afin Bank appoints chief people & operating officer

Afin Bank has appointed Nicola Tunney as its chief people & operating officer. Tunney, who...

VAS Panel develops new HMO report template

VAS Panel has introduced a standalone Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Short Form Report...

PRS full of properties with poor EPC ratings

67% of landlords own own at least one property that does not meet the...

United Trust Bank unveils new brand identity

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced its new brand identity, based on the belief...

MT Finance completes inaugural buy-to-let securitisation

MT Finance Group has successfully closed its public buy-to-let securitisation, Pierpoint BTL 2024-1. The transaction...

Brightstar outlines Specialist Lending Expo panel discussions

The Brightstar Group has revealed the line-up for the two key panel discussions at...

Housing costs hit 13-month high

October saw growth in rent and mortgage spending increase to 6.4%, its highest rate...

Together products now on The Right Mortgage panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has Together to its lender panel. This means the...

Greater proportion of landlords seeing improving returns

The third quarter of 2024 saw levels of profitability reported by landlords hitting their...

Keystone looks to broaden its appeal among landlords

Keystone Property Finance has made changes to its criteria in a bid to appeal...

Loughborough BS joins Paradigm lender panel

Paradigm has announced the addition of Loughborough Building Society to its lender panel. Member firms...

Aspen provides £3m bridge-to-let on 13 Bath flats

Aspen has completed a £3m bridge-to-let for the purchase and renovation of a block...

Budget reaction: Stamp Duty changes

Nick Lyons, chief executive of inventory specialists, NoLetting Go, said: “The Chancellor put economic...

Brightstar Group launches the Specialist Lending Expo

The Brightstar Group has announced a new event - the Specialist Lending Expo -...

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Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

Top five reasons why renters should consider short-term protection insurance

In an unpredictable world, financial security can often feel like a luxury, especially for renters who may already juggle living expenses, rent payments, and...

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Seven out of 10 homebuyers likely to miss stamp duty deadline

Seven out of 10 (71%) homebuyers with accepted offers expect to miss the 31st...

First-time buyer mortgage sales declined in London over the past decade

First-time buyer mortgage sales in London declined significantly between 2013 and 2023, as increasing...

UTB appoints BDM for the north and Scotland

Fran Arnold has joined the sales team at United Trust Bank Mortgages as business...

International demand for UK property investment ‘more diverse than expected’

The UK property market is attracting investment from a much broader range of international...