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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

Commonhold and Leasehold Reform

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Why post-contract variation is becoming the mortgage market’s next battleground

For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...

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