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Prime London lettings market strengthening post-Covid

Residential buying and investment agency, London Central Portfolio (LCP), has issued its Q1 2022...

Bridging lender withdraws hybrid buy-to-let products

KSEYE's current hybrid buy-to-let product range will be withdrawn at the close of business...

Allica Bank expands care home commercial mortgage banking team

Allica Bank is growing its specialist care home commercial mortgage banking team with the...

Demand remains high despite fall in transaction numbers

HMRC's provisional non-seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential transactions in March 2022 is 110,990,...

Cirencester Friendly to replace existing protection platform

IPipeline has announced a long-term partnership with Cirencester Friendly, where iPipeline’s SSG Digital platform will...

Trussle: longer mortgages set to eat into pensions

The next generation of homeowners may well be paying off their mortgages into retirement,...

Pure Retirement appoints CFO

Pure Retirement has announced the appointment of Eleanor Thornhill as its new chief financial...

Alternative Bridging hires internal BDM

Alternative Bridging Corporation has expanded its sales operation with the appointment of a new...

Households turning their back on cities

Analysis from Experian has found there has been a "fundamental change" in where families...

United Trust Bank passes £1 billion lending milestone

United Trust Bank (UTB) has passed the £1 billion mark in specialist mortgage lending. This...

Accord to replace buy-to-let range

Accord Mortgages is making changes to its buy-to-let mortgage offering this week. The current range...

Finova unveils data management platform

Finova has launched Broker ID, a data management platform designed to save lenders’ time and money...

Tenant demand reaches all-time high

Paragon Bank has reported that the strong tenant demand seen during last year has...

Foundation promotes pair to senior regional account manager positions

Foundation Home Loans has announced the promotions of Keith Jones and Katie Quigley to...

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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FCA bans CEO over fake €200m bond portfolio

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined and banned two former Blue Horizon Asset...

Pivotal reports 121% growth in second charge lending

Pivotal has reported a 121% year-on-year increase in second charge lending through its Believe...

ModaMortgages trims limited-edition five-year fixed rates

ModaMortgages has reduced rates by up to 10 basis points across its limited-edition five-year...

Providence agrees deal to acquire Hometrack

Providence Equity Partners has agreed to acquire Hometrack, the residential property valuation and risk...

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