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Industry pledge to support home movers during Covid

The Home Buying and Selling Group has (HBSG) published a industry pledge to support...

Londoners looking for work outside the city

Job site Indeed has reported that Londoners are increasingly looking for work outside the...

FIBA reports lockdown membership rise

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has reported a 50% increase in membership...

IMLA to study Covid’s effects on industry service levels

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) is looking for new information on the practical...

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused 46% of first time buyers to delay their plans...

TMA maintains 2019 lending volumes despite Covid-19

TMA Club's total lending figures between January and August 2020 were consistent with the...

Shared ownership increasing in popularity

The Leeds Building Society has revealed that wannabe homeowners are turning to shared ownership...

Covid-19 not putting off acquisitive landlords

Research commissioned by The Mortgage Lender has fond that landlords are still looking to...

Historic lows for equity release rates

The Equity Release Council has reported that average rates for equity release products reached...

L&G Mortgage Club sees 18% increase in overall buy-to-let searches

Legal & General Mortgage Club has reported increasing demand among first-time buyers who want...

Fiduciam provides £840k CBILS loan to children nursery

Fiduciam has completed a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loan for £840,000. The loan...

BoE warns economic outlook “unusually uncertain” as it holds Bank Rate

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to maintain the Bank...

ONS: June house prices rose by 2.8%

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that, In England, house prices rose...

Paragon adopts TruNarrative platform for bounce-back loans

Paragon Bank has selected business onboarding and automated due diligence technology services from TruNarrative....
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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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HSBC UK to raise rates across residential and buy-to-let ranges

HSBC UK will increase rates across a range of two-year and five-year fixed mortgages...
Economy

Gilt turmoil puts fresh pressure on mortgage rates

Rising government borrowing costs are putting renewed upward pressure on UK mortgage rates as...
Economy

UK needs first primary surplus in 25 years, warns NIESR

The UK needs to run its first primary budget surplus in 25 years if...
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Gatehouse launches fee-free refinance products

Gatehouse Bank has launched a range of limited-edition refinance products for UK residents with...

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