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Rental Reform Bill clears Commons sparking concerns over landlords and housing market impact

Reforms to renters’ rights took a significant step forward as MPs approved the Renters’...

Target Group appoints chief information officer

Target Group has bolstered its senior team with the appointment of Scott Hill as...

MAB takes stake in Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has made a strategic investment in Dashly, a mortgage data...

Gen H in funding partnership with the Penrith

Gen H has agreed a forward-flow funding arrangement with Penrith Building Society. Starting this month,...

New CEO for New Leaf Distribution

Daniel Hobbs has received FCA approval of his appointee as CEO of Essex-based network,...

Mera provides £11m bridge for Holland Park villa

Mera Investment Management has successfully facilitated an £11 million bridging loan for a detached...

Renters’ Rights Bill reforms spark concerns over impact on rental market and housing access

A coalition of property industry chief executives have issued a stark warning about the...

Castle Trust Bank cuts bridging rates and arrangement fees

Castle Trust Bank has reduced rates and cut the arrangement fee across its complete...

No slow down in incorporations by portfolio landlords

Paragon has revealed that the proportion of incorporated property held within portfolios of landlords...

Buckinghamshire BS enters limited company BTL market

Buckinghamshire Building Society has moved into the limited company buy-to-let market with the launch...

Growth in mortgage and rental spending slows

The latest Barclays Property Insights report has revealed that rent and mortgage spending increased...

StreamBank unveils new StreamLine product

StreamBank has launched its new StreamLine bridging product for those looking for larger residential...

MBE reveals keynote speaker for northern show

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has revealed that Ken Clark, deputy agent for the North...

Just Mortgages bolsters self-employed recruitment team

Just Mortgages has moved to strengthen its recruitment efforts with the appointment of Kara...

COMMENT

You own the shares, but are you really just the custodian?

I've built three businesses and I've said the same thing most entrepreneurs have probably said to their mates and family at some point: "Give...

The FCA protection market study shouldn’t ignore redundancy

Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...

If AI gives us more time to think, we must learn how to think well

The great promise of AI in financial services is usually expressed in terms of what it can remove. Less administration, less duplication, fewer manual...

The right scrutiny is a precursor of growing lending safely

Credit markets have always had to accommodate change, but there are periods when the assumptions on which they have been built begin to move...

Only one in five of your clients thinks your fee was justified

You know the moment. 40 minutes in. Gone well. They like you, you like them, everyone's getting on. Then you have to say the fee. And...

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Movera appoints Saunders-Proudlove to manage broker panel relationships

Movera has appointed Claire Saunders-Proudlove as partner relationships manager, with responsibility for managing and...

Chartwell adopts Instamo technology to streamline mortgage applications

Chartwell Mortgage Services has introduced Instamo's FastSubmit technology through its integration with JammJar, allowing...

Coleman confirmed as Financial Ombudsman Service chair after interim appointment

Liam Coleman has been appointed permanent chair of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), following...

Goldman Sachs discloses 3.15% stake in Secure Trust Bank

Goldman Sachs has reported a 3.15% voting interest in Secure Trust Bank following a...

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