Loans

Complete expects record delegates to its own expo

Complete FS says it is expecting record numbers of delegates to its Complete Mortgage...

The myth of lead generation

There is a noticeable trend towards performance based marketing and lead generation sits at...

Cattles/Welcome directors fined and banned

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined and banned two former directors of Cattles...

Cattles’ shares suspended

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has temporarily suspended Cattles' securities from the Official List...

Further directoral suspensions at troubled Cattles

Cattles has suspending three more directors as an independent investigation into its affairs continues. James...

Cattles shares slump after accountancy error warning

Embattled sub-prime lender Cattles has admitted that there has been a breakdown in internal...

COMMENT

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

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Private rental sector ‘losing 562 properties a day’

The private rental sector is losing properties at its fastest rate since records began...

CHL Mortgages launches limited edition buy-to-let range and eases criteria

CHL Mortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range alongside a series of criteria...

ModaMortgages launches fee-free limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition range of two-year and five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let products...

Conveyancer decline adds to capacity pressure as exchange times lengthen

The number of solicitors working in residential conveyancing has continued to fall as separate...

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