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Kensington sending PRS report to Coalition

Approximately 5.3 million people believe they are unlikely to buy their own property by...

Santander broker brands have 3-yr rates cut

Both Abbey and Alliance & Leicester for Intermediaries will be reducing the rates on...

Private Finance introduces high-net-worth team

Private Finance has launched a Mayfair-based broker team focused on people with million pound...

Exact recruits lawyer Horsfield

&ltspan style=&quotfont-family: Arial &quot&gtExact has appointed Philip Horsfield as director of legal and compliance....

Fight government cuts by cutting mortgage payments, says Boulger

&ltspan style=&quotfont-family: Arial &quot&gtBorrowers can offset the cuts in their standard of living the...

LV= extends claims handler COA across business

Friendly society LV= has extended the use of ISO Claims Outcome Advisor (COA) across...

OpenConvey creates conveyancing panel for Julian Harris

The online conveyancing portal OpenConvey has been appointed as the preferred conveyancing partner of...

COBRA add Home & Legacy to panel

The COBRA Network has recruited Home & Legacy to provide additional mid and high...

GW welcomes Consumer Panel view on referral fees

Goldsmith Williams has welcomed the latest report from The Legal Services Board Consumer Panel...

RPS unveils five-year AST-based sale & rent back product

Residential Property Solutions Limited has launched a sale and rent back scheme based on...

ANALYSIS: the price of life

We could see a market volatility-driven increase in life policy uptake, argues Dean Jones,...

Quartet of brokerages shut down following investigation

A group of Cheshire-based debt management and loan brokerages have been wound-up in the...

Santander favourite to buy RBS branches: reports

National Australia Bank has pulled out of the auction to buy 318 Royal Bank...

Men dominate debt enquiries

There has been a "massive increase"" in the numbers of men seeking debt advice...

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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...