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KSEYE launches festive rate cut offer

Bridging lender, KSEYE, has introduced a seasonal special offer with reduced rates across its...

95% of property professionals doubt housing targets will be met

A new poll has found that almost all (95%) property professionals are sceptical that...

Dudley BS provides £998k remo for child’s FTB purchase

Dudley Building Society, in collaboration with mortgage specialist SPF Private Clients, has completed a...

Family money playing bigger role in helping young onto property ladder

Intergenerational wealth transfers – from housing young adults to financial gifts and inheritances, and...

MQube to share AI chatbot with select lender partners

MQube is making its AI chatbot available to a limited number of other lenders. The...

Virgin Money new purchase exclusives with free valuations

Virgin Money is launching new products tomorrow (Friday 22 November). It has also increased a...

TAB sees fractional ownership success in Royal Leamington Spa

TAB has announced the completion of the fractional sale of its latest prime investment...

Hike set to add £2,500 to average Stamp Duty bill

The Stamp Duty hike which comes into force on 1 April 2025 could cost...

New deals: Vida improves affordability and simplifies criteria

Vida has made changes to help more clients and better broker's experience of the...

RAW Capital Partners supports Chinese first-time landlord couple

RAW Capital Partners has provided a buy-to-let mortgage to a Chinese couple purchasing an...

Just Mortgages hires Sheffield-based area director

Just Mortgages has expanded its self-employed management team in the north with the appointment...

Pepper Money allows 100% loan-to-purchase price

Pepper Money has introduced new Concessionary Purchase criteria which now allows 100% loan-to-purchase price. The...

Rise expected in bridging capital investment

The recent BDLA Annual Conference heard the view that capital investment in bridging lending...

Suros Capital funds private school fee VAT liability

Suros Capital has helped parents fund the VAT that the government has added to...
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Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

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Building Societies

Dudley BS cuts rates by up to 100bps across key lending ranges

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates across its residential, buy-to-let, holiday let and expat...
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Landlord sales slow following Renters’ Right Act

The share of homes listed for sale that were previously rented dropped to 9.2%...
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Knowledge Bank teams up with Brilliant Solutions for specialist lending cases

Knowledge Bank has formed a partnership with specialist mortgage packager Brilliant Solutions as demand...
Regulation

FCA urges firms to strengthen product design under Consumer Duty

The Financial Conduct Authority has highlighted examples of improved product governance under the Consumer...

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