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OSB’s Precise Mortgages and InterBay launch new bridging products

OSB Group has launched a new bridging proposition through Precise Mortgages and InterBay. The group...

30% rise in searches for homeowners seeking to remortgage after six months

There was a jump last month in remortgaging activity as borrowers sought to beat...

The Mortgage Lender hires head of specialist distribution

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has recruited Chris Kirby as head of specialist distribution and...

Smart Money People’s service benchmark returns

Smart Money People’s Mortgage Lender Benchmark has returned to establish which lenders are providing...

Bluestone Mortgages appoints Midlands key account manager

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the appointment of Chris Lamming as key account manager for...

eConveyancer parent rebrands to Smoove

Conveyancing platform provider, ULS Technology plc, is rebranding and changing its name to Smoove...

TMA hires four specialist area supervision managers

TMA has announced the appointment of Alison Stidolph, Paul Walton, Roger Holmes and Sara...

Shawbrook simplifies second charge mortgage proposition

Shawbrook has cut rates across its second charge mortgage offering. This change applies to products...

Paragon appoints new regional sales manager

Paragon Bank has bolstered its buy-to-let mortgage sales team with the appointment of Roger...

Surge in 35+ year mortgages during stamp duty holiday

The stamp duty holiday caused a surge in the number of mortgage sales with...

Halifax: largest house price rise in six months

Halifax has reported that house price growth in March totalled 1.4%, the biggest increase for...

LiveMore Capital partners with Specialist Mortgage Group

LiveMore Capital has partnered with brokerage Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG). The new partnership allows SMG’s...

National lettings agency adopts SmartSearch verification  

National property sales and lettings company DAPS UK has agreed a partnership with anti-money...

Hope Capital funds £1.1m Lancaster pub conversion

Hope Capital has completed a £1.1 million commercial loan on a former pub complex...
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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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