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Aspen completes complex refurb bridge for Cambridge development

Aspen Bridging has completed a complex £2.2m refurbishment loan for a developer using two...

Smartr365 tool to aid Legal & General Mortgage Club procuration fee payments

Smartr365 has announced the launch of a tool to automatically sync procuration fee claim...

59% of landlords would consider selling up if faced with EPC upgrades

New research from Mortgage Advice Bureau shows that almost two-thirds of landlords would consider...

Keystone Property Finance cuts Classic five-year fixed rates

Keystone Property Finance has reduced its rates on all five-year fixed rate products in...

Silbury Finance provides £39m site acquisition loan

Silbury Finance, the Oaktree Capital Management-backed development lender, has provided a £39 million senior...

Hope Capital offers 80% LTV on medium & heavy refurbishment

Hope Capital has revamped its residential refurbishment offering by now providing up to 80%...

Clever Lending arranges £1.4m regulated bridging loan

Clever Lending has recently secured a £1.1m regulated bridging facility for a broker’s client...

Property professionals backing RICS cladding guidance

A webinar poll undertaken by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the suppliers of...

SmartSearch adds TransUnion to platform

SmartSearch has added global information and insights company, TransUnion, to its identity-check partners. SmartSearch now...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts selected residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced its complete FTB Only range at 90-95% LTV. In addition,...

Tmgroup integrates with LMS for financial fraud protection

LMS, the conveyancing services provider, has announced a new partnership with tmgroup, a tech...

Support for low deposit schemes vital after Help to Buy

National brokerage Just Mortgages has said that the sector must continue to get behind...

Inflation threatening over-50s’ life insurance policies

Rising inflation is putting pressure on over-50s life insurance customers to carry on paying...

Landlords support Decent Homes Standard for PRS

Paragon Bank has reported that six in 10 landlords support the introduction of a...
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COMMENT

Comment

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...

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

AI doesn’t remove bias. It gives us the chance to manage it

One of the great promises of artificial intelligence has always been objectivity. Machines, unlike people, do not have bad days. They do not favour...

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