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Land Registry publishes May property sales data

HM Land Registry has revealed that the most expensive property sold in May was...

The Saffron opens up RIO mortgage distribution

The Saffron Building Society has announced that its Retirement Interest Only (RIO) Mortgage is...

SmartSearch grows AML clients by 45% in first five months of 2019

Anti-money laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch has increased new client numbers by 45% in the...

The Newcastle introduces digital debt help service

The Newcastle Building Society is aiming to transform the way it helps customers in...

Over-65s own property wealth worth £1.096 trillion

Retired homeowners have seen their property wealth rise by over £1,000 in the past...

Rents rose in advance of Tenant Fees Act

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

New BTL calculator and rate cuts from NatWest

NatWest is introducing rate reductions on selected core and semi-exclusive residential and buy-to-let products...

Review of credit information market opened by regulator

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a market study to examine how the...

TML opens up access to low rate, high fee buy-to-let deal

The Mortgage Lender has extended its 2.83% initial rate with 2% completion fee buy-to-let...

Corporate Adviser owners take stake in BestAdvice

Definite Article Media Limited, publisher of Corporate Adviser, has taken a stake in Trek...

The Beverley improves self-employed criteria

The Beverley Building Society has made changes to its self-employed mortgage criteria, which will...

Pepper Money to unveil new website

Pepper Money is to launch a new and improved website next week. The specialist lender...

44% of older homeowners prepared to downsize for foreign holiday

Latest research from SunLife has found that nearly half of homeowners over 55 would...

The Right Mortgage identified as one of UK’s ‘most dynamic SMEs’

The Right Mortgage has appeared in the London Stock Exchange Group’s list of 1000...
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Commonhold and Leasehold Reform

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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Bridging Soup launches major market research initiative

Bridging Soup has launched a new research initiative to build a clearer picture of...
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Just one in seven homes records five years of growth

Fewer than one in seven UK homes increased in value during every year of...
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Word On The Street arranges £108m of property finance in record year

Word On The Street arranged more than £108 million of property finance across 239...
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Beverley enhances SIPP income assessment

Beverley Building Society has introduced a tiered approach to assessing income from self-invested personal...

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