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British Business Bank reveals new CEO

Louis Taylor has been appointed CEO of the British Business Bank. He will take up...

RICS: house prices likely to rise despite fall in buyer demand

Demand from prospective house buyers fell in May 2022, a potential side effect of...

Cost of living crisis showing in equity release applications

14% of Canada Life's equity release applications in Q1 were from customers looking to...

LifeQuote announces major rebrand

Protection specialist LifeQuote has revealed a new brand identity, designed to better represent its...

12% of retirees still have mortgage debt

Research from pensions and retirement specialist LV= highlights how millions of people are retiring...

Pepper Money promotes Ryan Brailsford

Pepper Money has promoted Ryan Brailsford to the new role of director of business...

Lower income earners struggling with property affordability

29% of people earning less than the median UK average income are unable to...

OMS integrates with Pepper Money for second charges

One Mortgage System (OMS) has completed a full API integration with Pepper Money for...

OneFamily announces new non-executive director

OneFamily has revealed that Melanie Hind will be joining its board as a non-executive...

Paradigm Mortgage Services partners with financial crime risk specialist

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced a new partnership with Unity Financial Crime Services (FCS)...

Bathgate expands board of directors

Bathgate Business Finance has expanded its board of directors with two new appointments from...

Three new hires for Catalyst

Catalyst has appointed two key account managers and a senior credit analyst. Joining the new...

Bridging lender staff support NHS blood services

Staff at Mint Property Finance have worked together to support NHS Blood and Organ Transplant. The Altrincham-based...

United Trust Bank enhances heavy refurb bridging range

United Trust Bank (UTB) has improved its ‘Heavy Refurbishment’ offering to support both experienced...

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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...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

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Landlords exploit softer market with lowball offers

More than half of buy-to-let investor offers were at least 10% below the original...

Asking prices suffer biggest August fall since 2018

The average asking price of a newly listed home fell by 2% in August,...

Instamo launches automated post-submission mortgage tool

Instamo has launched FastAdmin, a post-submission automation service designed to reduce the administrative work...

HMLR and OS data tie-up targets faster property transactions

HM Land Registry (HMLR) and Ordnance Survey (OS) have agreed a three-year collaboration intended...

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