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FSCP sounds warnings over MMR

The Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) has voiced concerns that the new Financial Policy...

April lending at record low

The Bank of England has revealed that the number of loan approvals for house...

Woolwich rates cut again

Barclays is cutting rates on Woolwich fixed and tracker mortgages by up to 0.21...

North East house prices down 8% year-on-year

There was a year-on-year home price decrease of 1.3% in April, according to the...

Skipton improves BTL proposition and distribution

Skipton Building Society has added two new base rate trackers to its buy-to-let mortgage...

OFT releases new guidance for credit brokers and debt firms

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published a series of measures concerning the...

Landlords leaving themselves at risk of fraud

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has claimed that landlords are failing to...

Goldsmith Williams awarded Law Society accreditation

Goldsmith Williams has been awarded the Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) practice standard by The...

Intermediary lending increases market share

Lending via intermediaries accounted for a rising share of the overall mortgage market during...

Mortgage Trust unveils new range

Mortgage Trust has launched a range of fixed and tracker rate buy-to-let mortgage deals. The...

May sees recovery in house sales

The number of houses sold in May was up 4.7% on the previous month's...

BM Solutions exclusives for Mortgage Intelligence/Next

Mortgage Intelligence and Mortgage Next now have exclusive access to a special deal through...

Customers pleased with Assurant Intermediary service

Assurant Intermediary has received a positive response to its first customer service survey. Over 85%...

Land banking directors disqualified

Three directors of a land banking property company that sold plots of land in...

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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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UK property transactions dip in August as market waits for clarity

UK property transactions slowed in August after three months of steady gains, according to...

Finova teams with Escode to launch escrow service for lenders

Finova, the cloud-based mortgage and savings software provider, has joined forces with Escode, a...

Arc & Co. and HTB agree £21.5m facility for Nottingham student scheme

Arc & Co. and Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) have closed a £21.5 million development...

Renters’ Rights Bill forces rethink for accommodation investors

Housing Hand, the UK rental services provider, has warned that the proposed Renters’ Rights...