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NAEA: housing market in for busy summer

10% of properties sold for more than the original asking price in June, NAEA...

New sales director for Click2Check

Click2Check has announced the appointment of Michael Taylor as its new director of sales. ...

SDL Surveying recruits more in-house surveyors

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

Bibby Financial Services appoints global CEO

Jonathan Andrew is to join Bibby Financial Services as global CEO on 1 September. Andrew...

FCA simplifies Financial Services Register

The FCA has updated its Financial Services (FS) Register, with changes including a simpler design...

Keystone unveils ‘summer special’ buy-to-let offering

Keystone Property Finance has launched its new 'Summer Special' products available for both its...

Network expands bridging panel

Network Richdale has expanded its short-term lending offering with the addition of Greenfield Mortgages...

Retirement finances of comfortable households less hit by Covid

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

New member for ASTL

Mint Bridging has become the latest lender to join the Association of Short Term...

New rates at Landbay following funding deal

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has launched a new funding partnership with a UK bank. The unnamed deposit-taking...

Kensington completes largest securitisation under Covid-19

Kensington Mortgages has raised £650m of funding through the wholesale financial markets. The deal -...

FCA updates guidance for insurance and premium finance firms

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed proposals to extend a series of temporary measures to...

New tenancies almost back to pre-pandemic levels

The number of UK tenants moving house fell dramatically during the second quarter of...

Pepper (UK) to service new later life lender

Pepper (UK) Limited has been appointed by later life mortgage lender LiveMore Capital to...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Leeds lending falls amid technology investment

Leeds Building Society completed £2bn of gross mortgage lending during the first half of...

Foundation revives buy-to-let products and cuts holiday let rates

Foundation Home Loans has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range, bringing back several products, adding...

UK residential property transactions edge higher in June

UK residential property transactions rose modestly in June, suggesting that underlying market activity is...

Buyers turn to 1.5 million homes rejected by mainstream lenders

About 1.5 million homes across Britain may fall outside mainstream mortgage criteria, according to...

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