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New identity for Omni Capital

Omni Capital Partners Limited has changed its name to Fortwell Capital Limited. There is no...

BBA sees major year-on-year rise in lending

Gross mortgage borrowing of £13.6 billion in January was 38% higher than a year...

One in six renters sublet their home

17% of tenants in the UK admits to having rented out part or all...

Packager to hold south coast buy-to-let event

Complete FS has announced the first of a series of seminars designed to help...

Transactions up 9.7% year-on-year

HMRC has revealed that its provisional seasonally adjusted UK property transaction count for January 2016 was 105,940 residential...

New buy-to-let fixes from the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society is offering a refreshed range of fixed rate buy-to-let products with...

New buy-to-let toolbox for brokers

Goldsmith Williams has unveiled a free 'buy-to-let toolbox' for brokers to help them when dealing with...

Paragon introduces online limited company BTL application

Paragon Mortgages will now allow intermediaries to submit applications for limited company buy-to-let purchases online. The...

Accord cuts buy-to-let fixed rates

Accord Buy to Let has cut the rates on its range of three and five-year fixed...

2016: Challenges, changes and opportunities for brokers

To quote a heavily used cliché from Alexander Graham Bell: “When one door closes,...

What will Osborne do on 16 March?

If it’s not in your diaries already then 16 March is certainly a day to...

FTBs still better off buying than renting

UK first-time buyers are on average 10% (£865) a year better off with their...

Rents accelerate into 2016

Total returns from buy-to-let properties have risen to the highest levels since November 2014,...

Hinckley & Rugby mortgage advances up 14%

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society grew its mortgage advances 14% to £128 million in...
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Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

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...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

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...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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Councils to gain earlier powers over long-term empty homes

Councils will be able to intervene when homes have stood empty for six months...
Technology

Phoebus completes latest SOC 2 Type II assessment

Phoebus Software has renewed its SOC 2 Type II attestation after KPMG assessed the...
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Low-deposit mortgage lending climbs 38% to £24.7bn

Mortgage lending at loan-to-value ratios above 90% rose sharply over the past year as...
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Stonebridge reports sharp rise in protection policies placed in trust

The proportion of protection policies being placed in trust has risen substantially over the...