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Brits happy with overseas property income

Up to four out of five second home owners are content with the returns...

Tenet CEO to leave

Simon Hudson has decided to step down as chief executive of Tenet. He founded Tenet...

New Chelsea fixed rates come with choice

Chelsea Building Society is launching new five, six and seven-year mortgages which give members...

London exceptions to savings and house price relationship

There is a close relationship between the levels of savings balances and house prices,...

AMI seeks more influential role in reformed AIFA

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has claimed it will continue to play a "major...

Coventry to offer ERC-free buy-to-let deals

Coventry Intermediaries will be launching on Friday 29 July a new range of buy-to-let...

Growing appetite for self-build, claims N&P

30% in the UK would consider having their own home individually built in the...

Y3S Mortgages partners with Trigold for online sourcing

Y3S Mortgages has announced is now offering its introducing brokers an online mortgage sourcing...

Omnii Solutions launches Client Request

Omnii Solutions has unveiled a new product to help advisers access the credit files...

Sellers returning to the market say estate agents

The number of people selling their home increased in June to its highest level...

ETSOS system now available to mortgage intermediaries

ETSOS has improved its online quotation and referral system so that it now handles...

Borro joins Ingard panel

Short-term asset lender borro has joined the lender panel of distributor Ingard Financial. Essex-based Ingard...

Clydesdale Bank improves MTE offering

Clydesdale Bank has added two new residential and buy-to-let application forms on the Mortgage...

Full consideration of equity release market called for

Paradigm Mortgage Services is urging urged advisers to undertake a 'full consideration' of the...

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Mortgages, mutuality, members and making a difference

Anyone working in the mortgage market knows that a key area of our measurement is sales. How many cases we complete, the value of...

Stability is not a slowdown; it’s exactly what the bridging market needs

So, according to the recent Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) figures, bridging completions fell in Q2. Cue the usual hand-wringing. The headlines landed, the...

The rise of the silver pound

UK house prices may have cooled from their peak, but affordability pressures remain acute. Even with recent adjustments to interest rates, rising property values have...

Staggering stamp duty will make it easier for people to move

A proposal to spread stamp duty land tax payments across several years, in an effort to drive growth and boost the housing market, is...

Making Digital Sales Ready properties the norm, not the exception

Digital Sales Ready listings and upfront information have the potential to transform the home buying and selling journey, creating faster, more transparent transactions with...

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Housing watchdog warns against piecemeal tax changes

The Chancellor has been urged not to use the Budget to make short-term adjustments...

Landlords and investors on edge over Budget tax fears

Stamp duty receipts have surged by nearly a quarter in the past year, fuelling...

Landmark unveils AI-powered tool to cut delays in conveyancing

Landmark Information Group has launched a new platform designed to tackle one of the...

Brightstar chief hails resilience of specialist lending market at industry expo

Rob Jupp, chief executive of Brightstar Group, closed the company’s Specialist Lending Expo today...