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Cancer cover claims crash due to Covid

LV= has seen a major decrease in cancer claims due to the impact of...

Network sees 215 rise in ARs’ enquiries

PRIMIS Mortgage Network's product desk dealt with 2,186 inbound queries from Appointed Representative (AR)...

Covid-19: BAME borrowers under most pressure

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is urging consumers who are struggling to pay their...

Tenants “heading for country” due to Covid

21% of landlords believe tenants who want more space will look to move to...

September residential transactions up 19% on August

HMRC's provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential transactions in September 2020 is 98,010. This...

Property market “caught fire” in the summer

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that UK house prices increased by...

Landlords facing ‘race against time’ with stamp duty

Landlords who want to make the most of the recent cut in Stamp Duty...

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks back with new ranges

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have returned to the market following a temporary withdrawal announced...

Advise Wise adds Street View and Maps functionality

Advise Wise has integrated Google Street View and Google Map into the Advise Wise...

Start homebuying process by 1 November to use stamp duty holiday

Legal & General Mortgage Club has warned that homeowners planning to move and benefit...

Lockdown dents planning permission application levels

Lockdown had a major impact on the number of people applying for planning permission,...

100% growth in Q4 second charge lending predicted

Loans Warehouse believes we there will be 100% growth in second charge lending in...

Average bridging LTVs rose in Q3

There has been a 46% increase in bridging loan volume in the third quarter...

Fiduciam expects further £200m of CBILS loan requests

Short-term lender Fiduciam expects to receive at least another £200 million of requests for Coronavirus...
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COMMENT

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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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