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Target Group appoints chief growth officer

Target Group has announced the promotion of Mark Gilliver to chief growth officer. Gilliver (pictured)...

Silbury Finance provides £100m funding for residential developments

Silbury Finance, the Oaktree Capital Management-backed development lender, has completed two senior development facilities,...

Paradigm unveils ‘Summer School of Marketing’

Paradigm Mortgage Services has launched a new ‘Summer School of Marketing’ to support advisory...

Molo looking to relaunch back into UK buy-to-let market

Molo Finance has announced the strategic partnership with Australian mortgage lender, ColCap Financial, to...

Buy-to-let searches remain buoyant in June

June saw a spike in buy-to-let purchase activity, according to new data from Legal...

Coventry for intermediaries launches online product transfers

Coventry for intermediaries has launched online product transfers to make it more straightforward for...

Mortgage loan sizes vary more now than ever

The gap between the average maximum and minimum loan sizes available to mortgage applicants...

Precise Mortgages offers support to energy efficient landlords

Precise Mortgages, part of OSB Group, has expanded its refurbishment buy-to-let proposition, to offer...

Majority of over-60s haven’t planned for care

72% of over-60s have not thought about planning for later life care, despite the...

Hodge unveils new commercial finance options

Hodge has launched two new commercial finance options, an Acquisition Bridge and a Sales...

Countrywide Surveying Services appoints regional director

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has announced the appointment of Mandy Spenceley as regional director. Spenceley...

Most gazumping in England happens in London

Gazumping is twice as prevalent in London than the rest of England, according to...

Aldermore provides £6.4m commercial mortgage for shopping centre

Aldermore has provided Saxon Square Christchurch with a £6.4m commercial mortgage, refinancing its key...

Buckinghamshire BS appoints new CEO

The board of directors of Buckinghamshire Building Society has announced the appointment of Dan...

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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...

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

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Revived Help to Buy would inflate prices: Lamdin

Restoring Help to Buy would strengthen developers’ sales without solving the underlying affordability crisis...

One in three workers financially fragile despite being employed

More than a third of UK employees remain financially fragile despite being in work,...

Nationwide cuts fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.15%

Nationwide Building Society is reducing selected fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.15 percentage...

L&G appoints Kerrigan to drive Ignite broker rollout

Legal & General has appointed Craig Kerrigan as broker relationship manager for its Ignite...

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