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Stamp Duty holiday end to boost Q1 2025 transactions

Nationwide Building Society has examined what impact the expiry of the stamp duty holiday...

Hinckley & Rugby BS introduces remortgage service with PEXA

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has partnered with PEXA to speed up its remortgage...

Nationwide reports slowdown in annual house price growth

Annual house price growth slowed in October, down to 2.4% from 3.2% in the...

HMRC reports slight monthly rise in residential transactions

HMRC's seasonally adjusted residential transactions for September 2024 show a marginal month-on-month increase for...

SPF secures £26.8m development loan

Broker SPF Private Clients (SPF) has arranged a £26.8m development loan on the 444-acre...

Aspen provides £3m bridge-to-let on 13 Bath flats

Aspen has completed a £3m bridge-to-let for the purchase and renovation of a block...

Quarterly SDLT transactions up 15%

Total Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) transactions between July and September this year were...

OneFamily appoints non-executive director

OneFamily Group has announced that Peter O’Donnell is to join its board as a...

Budget reaction: Stamp Duty changes

Nick Lyons, chief executive of inventory specialists, NoLetting Go, said: “The Chancellor put economic...

Autumn Budget: HM Treasury report

Executive summary This is a Budget to fix the foundations of the economy and deliver...

Sizeable rise in new lifetime mortgage customers’ average property value

There have been annual and quarterly increases in the average property value among new...

HTB introduces heavy refurb product to bridging offering

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has added a new heavy refurbishment product to its bridging...

eCapital Commercial Finance acquires Optimum SME Finance

Optimum SME Finance, a specialist invoice financier, has been acquired by eCapital Commercial Finance. Ant...

Marsden BS ups expat residential LTVs

Marsden Building Society has increased the maximum loan to value (LTV) on a selection...

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Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 12

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge on Sunday and will finish on Friday this...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge on Sunday and will finish on Friday this...

A BBR decision rooted in caution, not complacency

The Bank of England MPC’s decision to hold Bank Base Rate (BBR) will come as a welcome outcome for many across the mortgage market,...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 10

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge yesterday and will finish on Friday this week....

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 9

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge from 10-15 May. There are now 72...

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Industry warned against Smart Data ‘compliance theatre’

The mortgage and property sectors have been warned they risk creating only the “appearance...

The Partnership rebrands to targets next phase of growth

Conveyancing firm The Partnership has unveiled a major rebrand as it looks to accelerate...

Mansfield launches fixed rates running to September 2031

Mansfield Building Society has launched three mortgage products fixed until 30 September 2031, aimed...

OSB Group promotes Hollands to lead intermediary sales and distribution

OSB Group has promoted Emily Hollands to group head of intermediary sales and distribution...

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