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SDL Surveying recruits more in-house surveyors

SDL Surveying has revealed that it received and completed a record number of jobs...

Retirement finances of comfortable households less hit by Covid

LV= has studied how the finances of the UK’s households have been affected by...

The Mansfield resumes holiday let lending

The Mansfield Building Society has reintroduced its holiday let mortgage product with a three-year...

NatWest moves back into 85% LTV

NatWest has reintroduced eight new rates at 85% LTV. The rates, available for both new...

Bureaucratic backlogs boost e-verification adoption

Anti-money-laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch has claimed that backlogs in issuing official ID documents such as...

Mortgage Brain: purchase ESIS “markedly” above pre-Covid levels

Mortgage Brain has reported that the number of ESIS generated through its sourcing systems...

32% rise in monthly residential property transactions

HMRC has stated that its provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential property transactions...

Covid: short-term fall in borrowing by the over-55s expected

New research from more2life and Cebr has found that over-55s are expected to borrow £19bn...

Stamp duty holiday boosts Skipton BTL enquiries

Skipton International has already seen a significant increase in its buy-to-let mortgage enquiries since...

Rightmove: rental demand at record levels

Rightmove has revealed that the average rental asking price is at an all-time high...

Metro Bank relaunches 85% & 90% LTV mortgages

Metro Bank has made positive changes to its residential mortgage range. From today, it has reintroduced...

Dudley: there are alternatives to mortgage holiday

The Dudley Building Society has stressed to brokers with Dudley mortgage customers, who might...

Nationwide unveils new 90% LTV first-time buyer range

The Nationwide Building Society has published details of the products and rates across its...

Mortgage Brain: ESIS numbers continue recovery from Covid

Mortgage Brain has reported that the numbers of ESIS generated through its sourcing systems...
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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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New housebuilder registrations fall 34% from 2022 peak

The number of housebuilding companies being established in the UK has fallen by 34%...
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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...
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Gilt turmoil puts fresh pressure on mortgage rates

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