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Rental costs race to new high

ARLA Propertymark has reported that the number of tenants experiencing rent rises rose to...

Investec provides £25m redevelopment loan

Investec Structured Property Finance has provided James Taylor Homes with a £25 million term...

SMEs worried about rising costs and Brexit

Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) across the country are most concerned about the...

Keystone pulls its cashback offers

Keystone Property Finance is withdrawing its tiered cashback offers next Monday (2 September). This cashback...

Accord unveils 15-year fix

Accord Mortgages has launched its first ever 15-year fixed rate mortgage. Available to both house...

Affinity Mortgages partners with Mortgage Brain

Mortgage adviser, Affinity Mortgages, has adopted Mortgage Brain as a technology partner. Affinity will...

Gross mortgage lending at highest level for 40 months

UK Finance has reported that gross mortgage lending across the residential market in July...

Shawbrook provides £11.5m permitted development bridge

Shawbrook’s commercial mortgages team has delivered a 24-month long permitted development bridging loan within...

Key Partnerships confirms referral deal with John Charcol

Key Partnerships, the equity release referral service for equity release specialist Key, has announced...

FCA tells claims management firms to raise ad standards

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said that claims management companies (CMCs) need to...

TWB tweaks residential and buy-to-let rates

TSB Bank has made a number of changes to its residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

First-time buyers remain dominant in driving housing activity

Lloyds Bank has reported that the number of people moving home increased for the...

Mojo Mortgages partners with Uinsure

Uinsure has announced a partnership with startup Mojo Mortgages. The new arrangement will let Mojo...

Portfolio landlords more likely to remortgage via limited company

One-third of all landlords intend to remortgage over the course of the next 12...

COMMENT

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...

Why post-contract variation is becoming the mortgage market’s next battleground

For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...

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Zoopla has become the first official front-of-shirt partner of Manchester Super Giants for the...

Southwest Knotweed launches identification app

Southwest Knotweed Group has launched an app designed to help mortgage and property professionals...

Broker Conveyancing launches referral hub for advisers

Broker Conveyancing has launched a referral platform intended to make it quicker for mortgage...

House price rise puts mortgage resilience in sharper focus

Homebuyers should consider how they would meet mortgage payments if illness or injury affected...

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