News

Buckinghamshire BS restructures mortgage sales team

Buckinghamshire Building Society has expanded its mortgage sales team "in response to market conditions". Following its...

High demand for more affordable homes near Land Trust sites

Homes located near Land Trust sites are often more affordable than those in their...

One-fifth of Brits find speaking to an adviser ‘overwhelming’

Speaking to a financial adviser is a greater cause of stress for UK consumers...

Londoners most likely to consider downsizing to fund retirement

19% of people plan to downsize in retirement, according to Hargreaves Lansdown. Just 40% have...

HMRC reports April fall in property transactions

HMRC's provisional non-seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential transactions for April 2022 is 97,970,...

Acre and Uinsure partner to simplify home insurance

Mortgage intermediary platform, Acre, has announced a new partnership with Uinsure to simplify building...

Suffolk BS appoints chief operating officer  

Rebecca Newman has been promoted to chief operating officer (COO) at Suffolk Building Society. She...

Hornby secures eight-digit commercial finance facility

Hobby and toy specialist, Hornby Hobbies Ltd has received a £12m combined facility from...

Reliance Bank improves residential mortgage range

Reliance Bank has launched its new residential mortgage product range to both the intermediary...

Cirencester Friendly saw continued growth in 2021

Cirencester Friendly recorded continued growth during 2021 with premium income, membership and funds under...

Majority of property professionals think down-valuations are prevalent in 2022

A webinar poll conducted by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has found that 52% of...

EPCs changing buying preferences of landlords

24% of landlords surveyed by Shawbrook say they are likely to avoid any property...

Signature Property Finance meets £200m lending target

Short-term property finance provider, Signature Property Finance has reached another growth milestone, after hitting...

L&G works with Fruitful Insights to bolster wellbeing offering

Legal & General has launched an exclusive partnership with Fruitful Insights that the insurer...
1...793794795...2,795Page 794 of 2,795

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...

Latest news

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...

PROFILES