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Rise in prime second charge borrowing

Evolution Money's latest second charge tracker shows an increase in both volume and value...

Bluestone appoints head of business development

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the promotion of Niamh Downey to head of business development. Downey...

House price growth cooling down

Halifax has reported that house prices increased by 1.0% in May, the 11th consecutive...

Brightstar launches summer webinar programme

Brightstar Financial has introduced a series of free summer webinars designed to help brokers...

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance appoints London sales director

Secure Trust Bank has appointed Vincent Walker as regional sales director in its London...

CHL Mortgages joins finova lending panel

CHL Mortgages has been added to the panel of finova Payment and Mortgage Services. This...

Trainee number 400 graduates from CSS academy

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has now seen over 400 surveyors graduate from its training...

Over half of HNWIs have been scammed

53% of High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) admit they have been victims of a...

Milestone reached for Accord Growth Series

The Accord Growth Series, a library of educational content for brokers, has registered its...

Allica Bank now live on Mambu

Allica Bank has gone live on cloud banking platform, Mambu. The platform supports Allica in...

The Mansfield expands its sales team

The Mansfield has bolstered its sales operation with Sabiha Moghal joining the Society’s business...

Clydesdale Bank unveils new fixed rate residential mortgages

Clydesdale Bank has launched new fixed rate products today. The new products are as follows: New...

Keystone Property Finance moves to 85% LTV for first time

Keystone Property Finance has increased its maximum loan to value (LTV) to 85% for...

The Right Mortgage launches new Trust Hub

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has launched a new Trust Hub following on...
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COMMENT

Comment

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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Buy-to-let

Landlords exploit softer market with lowball offers

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

Asking prices suffer biggest August fall since 2018

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

Instamo launches automated post-submission mortgage tool

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

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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