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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...

Skipton BS recruits head of mortgage lending

Skipton Building Society has announced the appointment of Simon Farrell-Roberts as head of mortgage...

Black & White Bridging supports St Helens’ tyre garage growth

Black & White Bridging has helped Stone Tyres fulfil its expansion plans with a...

LiveMore appoints marketing chief

LiveMore has appointed Mai Fenton as chief marketing officer (CMO). The new role has been...

SBG hires marketing & brand and HR directors

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has announced the arrival of two new figures in its...

Vida Homeloans secures banking licence

Vida Homeloans has received authorisation from both the PRA and FCA to become a...

COMMENT

Cashback should put conveyancing into the advice conversation

One of the more interesting findings from our latest quarterly statistics was the position of Nationwide Building Society, which accounted for 25% of all...

Why ownership structure matters in buy-to-let

It's a scenario brokers encounter every day. Two landlord clients approach them about the same type of buy-to-let property, with similar levels of equity...

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...

Latest news

AI-driven direct lending could erode mainstream mortgage advisers’ market share

Mortgage lenders could use artificial intelligence to attract more customers directly, putting pressure on...

Stamp duty exemption for downsizers could revive housing transactions

Removing stamp duty for older homeowners and people moving to smaller properties could help...

Interest rate expectations too pessimistic as inflation pressures ease

Financial markets may be overestimating the outlook for UK interest rates, with inflation potentially...

Landlords face changing buy-to-let market as lenders predict continued demand

Specialist lenders expect the buy-to-let sector to remain resilient despite regulatory changes, although attracting...

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