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Anxiety about personal wealth rising amongst older people

High net worth individuals (HNWIs) see inflation, rising interest rates and cybercrime as the...

Phoebus Software unveils Menopause Wellness Policy

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) has created a Menopause Wellness Policy to help colleagues who...

New senior BDM for Central and Mercantile Trust

Central Trust and Mercantile Trust have appointed a new senior business development manager within...

John Charcol renews conveyancing contract with Optimus

John Charcol has signed a new contract with Optimus, following a successful year working...

Clydesdale Bank to increase selected BTL and residential mortgage rates

Clydesdale Bank is making changes to its product range today at 8pm. Core two and...

Paragon achieves Platinum Investors in People status

The Paragon Banking Group has been awarded Platinum Investors in People (IiP) status, the...

Asking prices now £55,000 higher than before the pandemic

Zoopla has reported that the average price of property coming to market has hit...

More2life appoints director of manufacturing and adviser propositions

Equity release lender more2life has announced the appointment of Les Pick to the newly...

Hampshire Trust Bank strengthens development finance team

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of a business development director and...

Aldermore provides £10.7m loan for Lake District development

Aldermore has provided a £10.7m loan to Russell Armer Homes to deliver a housing...

21% increase in equity release plan sales in Q1

Equity release adviser Key Later Life Finance has found that older homeowners released an...

Pepper Money makes NW sales appointment

Pepper Money has added to its sales team with the recruitment of Richard Pugh...

Self-employed twice as likely to be rejected for a mortgage

Self-employed individuals are twice as likely to be rejected for a mortgage, according to...

Saxon Trust unveils new stepped bridging deal

Saxon Trust has launched a new stepped rate bridging loan product. The specialist bridging and...
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COMMENT

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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...
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HMLR and OS data tie-up targets faster property transactions

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