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Financial services British Standard to be unveiled

A new British Standard, developed in response to calls for greater governance within the...

How to gauge a landlord’s reputation?

It's hard to see how a reputational website would work effectively for landlords, argues...

OpenConvey expands conveyancing panel

OpenConvey has added Colemans Solicitors to its conveyancing panel. Colemans has offices in Kingston on...

Tenants expecting rents to continue to rise

The proportion of tenants forecasting rents to be higher one year out outnumber those...

Clydesdale Bank rebuffs Consumer Focus criticism

Consumer Focus has called on Clydesdale Bank to cover the cost of mortgage errors...

Lancashire Mortgage Corp added to Only Bridging panel

Only Bridging has added Lancashire Mortgage Corporation to its packaged panel. Lancashire Mortgage Corporation provides...

OFT receives ‘super complaint’ over credit and debt broker practices

Citizens Advice has filed a "super complaint"" with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

Goldsmith expects squeeze in conveyancing sector

Goldsmith Williams has suggested that a 'perfect storm' brewing in the conveyancing sector could...

Act speedily for remortgage clients, brokers told

Paradigm Mortgage Services is urging brokers to act fast and contact possible remortgage clients. The...

Drawbridge adds Y3S to distributor panel

Y3S Group has become a partner distributor of bridging lender Drawbridge Finance. Matt Cottle ,...

Pink network members offered Precise near-prime deal

Pink Home Loans' appointed representatives (ARs) now have access to an exclusive near-prime residential...

Rents continue their rapid rise: RICS

Rents rose rapidly in the three months to the end of January 2010, according...

Borro unveils intermediary exclusive deal

Short-term finance provider borro.com has introduced a new intermediary exclusive product. It comes with what...

Sesame sole distributor of new Everyday fixes from Northern Rock

Northern Rock has launched a new range of Everyday fixed rate products for purchase...

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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...

Supercharging affordability: a broker’s tool for unlocking complex cases

If you could choose a superpower, what would it be? The ability to see the future? To slow down time? To get every case...

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Generation X faces retirement squeeze with smaller pensions than parents

Generation X risks becoming the first cohort to retire with less financial security than...

Leasehold reforms stall as sector warns of ‘real-world consequences’

The government is under mounting pressure to accelerate leasehold reform as the body representing...

Zoopla warns cost pressures mean housing targets are at risk

The government’s flagship target to deliver 1.5m new homes over the next five years...

UTB cuts bridging loan minimum and lowers regulated rates

United Trust Bank has unveiled a package of bridging loan changes aimed at making...