Mortgages

Record profits for Lloyds Banking Group

Lloyds Banking Group has reported pre-tax profits of £5.3 billion for the past year,...

Bradford & Bingley loans transferred to Prudential and Blackstone

Computershare has transferred £12 billion of buy-to-let Bradford & Bingley and Mortgage Express mortgages...

LendInvest unveils intermediary BTL calculator

LendInvest has introduced a new buy-to-let online calculator for intermediaries. The calculator is designed to...

First-time buyers fixing for longer

Accord Mortgages has reported that first-time buyers are fixing their mortgage for longer than...

New deals from the Skipton BS

The Skipton Building Society has revised rates across a number of mortgage products with...

Upton becomes Castle Trust mortgages MD as Wyles departs

Castle Trust has announced the promotion of Alex Upton to managing director of the...

TMA Club adds the Bath BS to its lender panel

TMA Club has expanded its lender panel with the addition of the Bath Building...

Rebrand for the Hanley Economic

The Hanley Economic Building Society has refreshed its branding after a consultation period amongst members, intermediaries,...

Growth in number of small deposit mortgages

E.surv has reported a positive start to 2018 for the UK mortgage market, with...

Fleet Mortgages hires Midlands BDM

Fleet Mortgages has announced the appointment of a new business development manager (BDM) covering...

Foundation Home Loans adds to sales team

Foundation Home Loans has expanded its senior sales team with the appointment of Grant...

Alexander Hall to adopt 360 Lifecycle solution

Alexander Hall has signed a five-year deal to utilise the full 360 Lifecycle practice...

TMA introduces GDPR Knowledge Base

TMA Club has unveiled a new resource for advisers that useful guides, FAQs and...

Double digit lending growth for Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reported double digit growth in both its...
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COMMENT

Comment

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

AI doesn’t remove bias. It gives us the chance to manage it

One of the great promises of artificial intelligence has always been objectivity. Machines, unlike people, do not have bad days. They do not favour...

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

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Buy-to-let

Landlords exploit softer market with lowball offers

More than half of buy-to-let investor offers were at least 10% below the original...
House prices

Asking prices suffer biggest August fall since 2018

The average asking price of a newly listed home fell by 2% in August,...
Business

Instamo launches automated post-submission mortgage tool

Instamo has launched FastAdmin, a post-submission automation service designed to reduce the administrative work...
Property Transactions

HMLR and OS data tie-up targets faster property transactions

HM Land Registry (HMLR) and Ordnance Survey (OS) have agreed a three-year collaboration intended...

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