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Buy-to-lets being sold by the retired to fund FTBs

Equity release adviser Key has revealed that retired homeowners are increasingly considering cashing in...

38% of FTBs will need financial assistance

According to a survey of 2,000 first-time buyers currently in the market for a...

Mortgage Brain celebrates 10th anniversary of Mortgage Vision

Mortgage Brain has launched the 2019 series of Mortgage Vision, with the first of...

Naismiths MD to leave following restructuring

National property consultancy Naismiths has consolidated its offering into three distinct service lines. The teams enable Naismiths...

Impact Specialist Finance to hold autumn breakfast broker seminars

Specialist mortgage broker and distributor Impact Specialist Finance has published details of its series...

BoE maintains Bank Rate once again

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has yet again voted unanimously to...

Countrywide launches HomeFact condition report with Santander and Landmark

Landmark Valuation Services has partnered with Countrywide Surveying Services and Santander Mortgages to deliver...

Landlords continue to take a cautious approach

Paragon’s latest PRS Trends Report for Q3 2019 has revealed that the proportion of...

PMS appoints regional manager quartet

PMS Mortgage Club has appointed four new regional key account managers to support its directly...

The Skipton unveils mortgages for its Lifetime ISA customers

The Skipton Building Society has introduced a new range of mortgage products available exclusively...

Aldermore to hold seminars at MBE London

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) is to hold a series of seminars by Aldermore at...

House price slump means inheritance tax rebate for many

Analysis by NFU Mutual of house price data data has shown that families could...

Ageas agrees four-year deal with URIS Group

Ageas Insurance has signed a new four-year contract worth £200 million with URIS Group,...

ONS: slowdown in house price growth continues

The Office for National Statistics has reported that in July, on average, house prices...
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The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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