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Majority of property professionals confident about 2024

A webinar poll undertaken by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has found that almost three...

ONP Group hires group partnerships manager

Conveyancing firm, ONP Group, has bolstered its senior management team with the appointment of...

Roma Finance appoints head of field sales

Roma Finance has appointed Sonia Mann as head of field sales. She has also joined...

Coventry BS becomes first B Corp certified UK building society

Coventry Building Society has become the first UK building society to achieve B Corp...

Sirius completes £12.4m dev exit deal

Sirius Property Finance has completed a complex £12.4m limited company buy-to-let mortgage to finance...

Paragon Bank closes TBMC

Paragon Bank has confirmed that TBMC, the Cardiff-based mortgage broker business, will be closing...

FCA to revamp social media guidance

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is issuing proposals for new social media guidance. The regulator...

Clever Lending secures £307k regulated bridge for downsizing client

Clever Lending, the specialist finance packager and master broker, has secured a £307,000 regulated...

Hanley Economic BS introduces five-year deals

Hanley Economic Building Society has revised its residential and buy-to-let propositions through the introduction...

CapitalRise reports 80% YOY origination boost

CapitalRise has announced that four loans that were completed in May, totalling £18m. This...

Majority of landlords don’t plan to sell any BTL properties

64% of buy-to-let landlords are not planning to sell any of their properties in...

Rise in interest-only mortgage searches

Data from Legal & General’s Ignite platform has shown that there has been an...

Pepper Money launches mortgages for First Homes scheme

Pepper Money has expanded its affordable home ownership proposition with the launch of its...

SimplyBiz reveals return of the Advice Show

The Advice Show, which brings together industry figures to provide advisers with insight on...

COMMENT

Underwriting: Are we saying “no” to the wrong risks?

Over the last two days I’ve talked about the size of the later life lending market and the knowledge gap that still exists around...

The blind spot: residential advisers and the over-55 customer

Yesterday I talked about the supportive nature of the equity release and later life lending community and the fact that collaboration is one of...

The uncomfortable truth about the later life lending market

The headlines around the latest Equity Release Council figures released this month all suggested growth. But I think we need to have an honest...

Are we actually set up to support first-time buyers?

After a summer spent thinking it over, this time of year is often the point where first time buyers decide whether they're going to...

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...

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Access FS mortgage business rises 46.8% in record July

Access Financial Services recorded its strongest month for mortgage business in July, with activity...

LiveMore launches mortgage podcast for brokers and advisers

LiveMore has launched a podcast series covering developments in the specialist and later-life lending...

Mortgage myths deter would-be first-time buyers

Misconceptions about mortgage eligibility may be prompting aspiring first-time buyers to abandon their plans...

Dudley Building Society publishes guide to trusts

Dudley Building Society has published a guide explaining how trusts can be used to...

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