LATEST COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS NEWS

NHBC launches free virtual training for housebuilding industry

NHBC, the warranty and insurance provider for new homes in the UK, has launched...

Momentum adopts e-signatures

Momentum Pensions is now accepting electronic signatures for all its pension and investment forms...

Bluestone Mortgages suspends new applications

Bluestone Mortgages is today suspending all new mortgage applications as part of a temporary...

Aldermore cuts options for mortgage customers

Aldermore Bank is streamlining its mortgage product offerings and capping loan to value (LTV)...

L&G makes Covid-19 change to new protection applications

Legal & General has added a Covid-19 question into application forms for protection. The new...

Air Group unveils coronavirus information hub

Air Group has launched a new hub for advisers providing Coronavirus updates and business...

Knowledge Bank expands Covid-19 feed

Knowledge Bank has added second charges and bridging to its Covid-19 live feed as...

Advise Wise adds coronavirus news feed

Advise Wise has introduced a coronavirus news feed page on its website to collect...

Nationwide pulls plans to enter business banking market

The Nationwide Building Society is stopping plans to enter the UK business banking market...

Covid-19: Aldermore offers asset finance under CBILS

Aldermore is now offering the asset finance variant of the British Business Bank’s Coronavirus...

Conveyancers and lease administrators set out Covid-19 strategy

Members of the Conveyancing Association (CA) have set out a number of measures for...

SimplyBiz Group launches member support package

The SimplyBiz Group has revealed details of a package of additional support, designed to...

F4B and Grosvenor Funding partner for four-day bridging loan

Specialist distributor First 4 Bridging (F4B) and Grosvenor Funding have teamed up to secure...

Covid-19: AMI calls for support with fees

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has been talking to the FCA over the 2020/21 regulatory...
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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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