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The Nottingham lowers ICR for buy-to-let

The Nottingham has introduced a series of buy-to-let and limited company buy-to-let criteria changes. The...

The Mansfield improves buy-to-let and residential criteria

Mansfield Building Society has made changes to its buy-to-let and residential criteria including an...

Standard Life Home Finance partners with PRIMIS

Standard Life Home Finance has launched a new partnership with PRIMIS Mortgage Network, which...

National Friendly appoints executive head of marketing

Georgia d’Esterre has been appointed to the newly created role of executive head of...

FCA to accelerate removal of firms that don’t use permissions

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to use new powers to more swiftly cancel...

Vida unveils exclusive club for industry leaders

Vida has launched its exclusive V Club to bring together an "influential group of...

E.surv appoints director of risk and governance

E.surv has announced the appointment of Lisa de-Laune as director of risk and governance. De-Laune...

Commercial loans expected to lead businesses’ recovery

Over 70% of financial intermediaries believe their clients will need some form of funding...

Bridging Finance Solutions appoints BDM

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has added property lending and risk specialist Phil Wragg to...

Divorce costs up to £138k in wealth

Married people are up to £138,000 better off than divorced people, with divorced women...

Zephyr to hold broker webinar on BTL limited companies

Zephyr Homeloans will this month host a webinar on the topic of limited companies. The...

SmartSearch appoints chief operating officer

Anti-money laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch has appointed Collette Allen as chief operating officer. Allen joined...

FTB house prices rising faster than rest of market

The average first-time buyer is spending £223,751 on their first property, according to new analysis...

Towergate Health & Protection grows group risk team

Towergate Health & Protection has welcomed two new group risk consultants, Rob Joyce and...
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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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The average asking price of a newly listed home fell by 2% in August,...
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HMLR and OS data tie-up targets faster property transactions

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