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Conveyancers “demonstrating a reassuring robustness”

Quarterly conveyancing activity fell by 5% between the second and third quarters of the...

Posh west London feel Stamp Duty effect

Analysis by London estate agent Stirling Ackroyd of data before and after Stamp Duty reforms...

Successful national event for network

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network held its second National Training Event of the year...

TSB cuts two-year rates

TSB Bank has cut two-year fixed and two-year tracker mortgage rates for home movers,...

New Manchester office for Amicius

Amicus Finance has opened a new office on Princess Street in the centre of Manchester,...

Slight increase in gross mortgage lending

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending totalled £20.6...

Accord provides further FTB cashback

Accord Mortgages is offering first-time buyers an extra £500 cashback when they complete on a...

Aldermore boosts business finance risk team

Aldermore has made several new appointments to its business finance risk management function. Jerry Barrie...

OneFamily lifetime mortgage distribution widened

Sesame and PMS have added OneFamily to their lender panels. OneFamily's range of lifetime mortgages available...

NACFB appoints interim CEO

Rob Lankey has been appointed interim CEO of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB). The...

CML: “patchwork” of govt home-ownership schemes

The eight current government housing schemes are reaching a broad variety of would-be home-owning households...

Clever Lending and Lowry Capital save client £1.2m

Clever Lending says it helped save a corporate borrower in a debt reduction deal from their...

Fleet Mortgages wins Hants employer award

Fleet Mortgages was named ‘Employer of the Year’ at the Inspire Business Awards on 10 November.  The...

Rise in number expecting 2017 rate rise

23% of remortgagors now expect a rate rise in the next year, according to...
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Artificial Intelligence

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

Hobson’s Choice: Which root canal treatment would you prefer, Sir?

Now that Andy Pandy from ‘oop norf’ is de facto the Prime Minister elect and will shortly be choosing the colour scheme of No...

Buy-to-let: reality versus a much-peddled narrative

Every few months, it seems, another report emerges suggesting buy-to-let no longer stacks up as an investment proposition. The headlines are often dramatic, the...

A week of progress and reassurance

The past week has brought further reassurance for borrowers. With the Bank of England holding the base rate as expected and inflation remaining steady...

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

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