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Landlords confident about rental sector in 2014

A new landlord sentiment survey has found that prospects are bright for the rental...

FTB numbers up by 22% last year

The number of first-time buyers continued to increase in 2013, according to the annual...

Stamp Duty take down

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) fell below £800m for the first time in...

Bridgebank Capital reveals broker winners

Paul Goodman of Goodman Corporate Consultancy and Debbie Lloyd from Business Loans 4 U,...

Lord Lipsey predicts major role for equity release

A peer has praised the "tremendous flexibility" of equity release in providing extra income...

Rents outstripping earnings

Rents have risen at twice the annual rate of weekly earnings, according to the...

Overall improvement of UK rental market

Asking rents in the North East and Wales outperformed the rest of the country...

New 1.99% deal from first direct

First direct has launched a 65% LTV 1.99% two-year fixed rate offset mortgage. It comes...

Parliament wants more stricter controls on payday lending

The parliamentary Business, Innovation and Skills Committee has reported that further action on payday...

RBS/NatWest in £100m NACFB pilot

The RBS/NatWest Group is to make £100m of funding available to small businesses through...

CML expects £200bn lending p.a. 2014-15

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated there was £17 billion of...

Sharp rise in number of mortgage products available

Consumers had a choice of over 12,000 mortgages products during November 2013, the first...

Positive Development Finance funds eight-figure development

Positive Development Finance has completed a loan on a £12m development project. The mixed...

January launch for NatWest IS’s Help to Buy 2 deals

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has revealed it will be launching its Help to Buy: mortgage...
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COMMENT

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Mutual sector ambition needs tech-driven scale

The Government’s commitment to doubling the size of the mutual sector has been welcomed across financial services. Building societies continue to play a critical...

Conveyancing fees will rise and you can blame the Government

Tax is complicated and making sure you pay the right amount can be challenging - just ask MP Angela Raynor or indeed former Chancellor...

The conveyancing power of sales-ready packs

Conveyancing is stressful – and I'm not just talking about the poor customer experience. From a turnaround time of around eight weeks back in...

Cloud is not about where you host technology, it’s about how

When lenders talk about cloud, the discussion often begins – quite reasonably – with control. Where will the data sit? How will resilience be...

AI, mortgages and the human need we can’t ignore

There is lots of talk about technology with cloud-native and artificial intelligence just some of the buzzwords of today’s dinner parties and conferences. There is...

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