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Jim Nash joins Tuscan Capital

Tuscan Capital has appointed Jim Nash as its new national sales manager. Nash (pictured) joins...

Foundation Home Loans cuts core buy-to-let rates

Foundation Home Loans has reduced rates on selected products across its core buy-to-let F1...

David Robinson to leave Shawbrook

David Robinson, sales & distribution director of Shawbrook’s residential mortgages team, is leaving the...

Halifax reports second month of slight house price falls

Halifax has reported that house prices in July fell by 0.2% on a monthly...

40% of protected deposits higher than tenancy deposit cap

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) has revealed that 42.81% of the deposits it currently...

Three new BDMs at The Moving Hub

Conveyancing platform and case management provider The Moving Hub, a leading system has...

Cost of moving home on the increase

New research from Barclays Mortgages has looked at the true cost of moving home...

Valunation rolls out Q-Mobile to its surveyors

Valunation has completed the rollout of Landmark Valuation Services' Q-Mobile tablet and software solution...

SunLife: average inheritance for over-55s is £75k

46% of people aged over 55 have received an inheritance, according to SunLife. The average...

More 2 Life to hold later life lending symposiums

More 2 Life is to run a series of later life lending symposiums this...

Four new staff at BEP Systems

Mortgage and savings origination software house BEP Systems has appointed four new staff members as...

Securitisation likely following new The Mortgage Lender funding line

The Mortgage Lender has agreed a second warehousing facility with TwentyFour Asset Management and...

The Ipswich launches holiday let offering

The Ipswich Building Society has extended its existing buy-to-let mortgage offering to include a...

Newcastle Intermediaries unveils 95% LTV deal at 2.90%

Newcastle Intermediaries has introduced a 95% LTV mortgage at 2.90% and refreshed end dates...

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 signs Manchester Super Giants shirt deal

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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