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Widespread ignorance ahead of new EPC laws

A poll, commissioned by insurance agency Just Landlords, was conducted strictly with those involved...

Axel Springer takes £125m stake in Purplebricks

German publishing giant Axel Springer has invested £125 million in Purplebricks, taking an 11.5% stake...

The Bucks reports 6% mortgage growth

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has posted its results for 2017 with mortgage growth of...

Accord Mortgages offers online product transfer service

Accord Mortgages has unveiled an online end-to-end product transfer process for existing customers. It has...

FCA reveals changes to advice on pension transfers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published new rules on pension transfer advice and...

Mutual Vision partners with Mortgage Brain in Ireland

Mutual Vision Technology has partnered with Mortgage Brain for the development and distribution of...

Remortgage approvals up over 9%

UK Finance has estimated gross mortgage lending in February to have been £19bn, 4.9%...

Paragon introduces further advance BTL proc fee

Paragon is providing ing a procuration fee for intermediaries who submit further advance business...

Metro Bank provides £7m invoice finance facility

Metro Bank has provided Newey Group with £10 million of senior debt, a £7...

Scottish rental market slows down

The average rental property in Scotland increased in value by 0.7% in the 12...

Key Solutions Mortgages adopts 360 Lifecycle solution

Key Solutions Mortgages has deployed the full 360 Lifecycle practice management solution with Fact...

Clever Lending to hold specialist finance forums

Clever Lending has launched three specialist finance forums including Robert Sinclair, chief executive of...

The Leek United hires new head of HR

The Leek United Building Society has appointed Jane Stevenson as its new head of human...

Accord cuts 28 mortgage rates

Accord has reduced the rate of its 10-year fix at 65% loan to value...

COMMENT

Portfolio landlords reshape buy-to-let market

Portfolio landlords are becoming increasingly central to the buy-to-let market as investors take a more structured approach to property ownership. The market has seen a...

Supporting complex cases in a modern mortgage market

In today’s diverse mortgage landscape, brokers are working with a growing number of clients whose circumstances fall outside traditional lending models. From self-employed professionals...

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five self-employed workers plans to buy a property in the next...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

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Japanese knotweed ‘knocks £21.4bn off UK housing market’

Japanese knotweed is wiping an estimated £21.4 billion from UK property values, with more...

Fleet Mortgages names new managing director

Fleet Mortgages has appointed Nicola Richardson as its new managing director. Richardson (pictured) has been...

The Monmouthshire goes live with Phoebus mortgage servicing system

Monmouthshire Building Society has gone live with Phoebus to support mortgage account servicing as...

NatWest completes first PEXA remortgage in two working days

NatWest has completed its first remortgage transaction through PEXA’s digital property completion platform within...

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