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InterBay Commercial completes £16m refinance deal 

InterBay Commercial has helped a client of Vantage Finance refinance of a block of flats...

Sharp fall in number of interest-only mortgages

UK Finance has reported that the number of interest-only mortgages fell by 13.1% in 2018...

ONS: UK annual house price growth slows

Average house prices in the UK increased by 1.4% in the year to April...

Lifetime mortgages rise in popularity for women

Canada Life has claimed that recent trend data suggest a growing demand for lifetime...

Oblix Capital improves refurbishment bridging offering

Oblix Capital has changed its refurbishment bridge product, by allowing the market value to...

Vida Homeloans appoints key account manager

Vida Homeloans has appointed Amanda Meadows as its new key account manager for the...

MBO at Phoebus Software

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) has concluded a management buyout (MBO) after 30 years of...

Royal London appoints new chief executive

The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited has announced that Barry O'Dwyer has been...

UTB offers dual legal representation for bridging

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced dual legal representation for bridging loans after a...

17 places to buy homes under £80k revealed

There are 17 towns and cities in the UK where it is possible to...

Paragon’s Structured Lending business passes £100m milestone

The Structured Lending team at specialist lender Paragon has passed its £100 million milestone,...

Commercial property investors could embark on ‘post Brexit binge’

A new report has found that the commercial investment market remains "compelling" despite Brexit...

Smartr365 provides client document storage solution

Smartr365 has launched SmartrDoc – an integrated storage system which allows brokers to retrieve,...

The Hanley Economic expands intermediary support

The Hanley Economic Building Society has appointed Kate McKeon as an intermediary sales assistant...
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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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