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Housebuilding rise continues

Chartered surveyors across the country have reported growth in housebuilding, according to the latest...

The Cambridge unveils 95% exclusive

The Cambridge Building Society has launched a 95% LTV mortgage product at 5.39%. It will...

HML pictures arrears scenario if rates rise in 2014

HML has undertaken analysis of the performance of approximately 100,000 mortgage accounts that were...

Surveyor shortage hitting seconds

Blemain Group has urged the property industry to work to solve the problem of...

10% monthly rise in London house prices

Following two consecutive monthly falls in the price of property coming to market, October...

High prices make rural living an impossible dream for many

There is a rural premium in all regions with countryside homes typically commanding a...

Which?: high satisfaction from building societies

Customer satisfaction findings in a new Which? report on the best and worst financial...

Borro launches new TV ad

Short-term asset lender borro has launched a follow up to its initial TV advertising...

Rise in peer to peer lending

Over 570 businesses across the UK borrowed more than £36 million in the third...

Two financial advisers banned and fined

Two Surrey-based investments advisers have been fined a total of £885,000 and been banned...

Aldermore expands intermediary sales team

Aldermore Bank has appointed Rob Barnard to head of intermediary distribution in its residential...

Slight fall in gross mortgage lending

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that gross mortgage lending in September...

Rents soaring to record levels

Rents across England and Wales have overtaken all previous records, according to the latest...

Number of residential valuations up 65% year-on-year

September saw the volume of residential valuations 55% higher than August, according to chartered...

COMMENT

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...

PMI – an advice gap not to be ignored

The latest figures from the ABI show insurers processed a record £4 billion in individual and workplace private medical insurance (PMI) claims in 2024,...

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SDLT shake-up set to push conveyancing fees higher

Conveyancing fees are set to rise from May 2026 as solicitors and licensed conveyancers...

HLP upgrades CRM for limited company buy-to-let surge

HLPartnership has upgraded its CRM system to better support advisers handling limited company buy-to-let...

UTB passes 50% mark for automated bridging valuations

United Trust Bank has announced that more than half of its bridging loan valuations...

Digital reform set to accelerate across conveyancing sector, annual conference hears

Momentum behind digital change in conveyancing will build throughout 2026, delegates at the Conveyancing...

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