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Investec provides £35m for South London student development

Investec Real Estate has provided Tribe, a London and Southeast-focused student housing developer, with...

BuildLoan expands large loan mortgage range

Self and custom build mortgage distributor BuildLoan has launched a new product range with...

Royal London improves critical illness payouts

Royal London has improved its critical illness cover (CIC) to help pay more protection...

Landbay joins White Rose lender panel

Buy-to-let lender, Landbay, has joined White Rose’s lender panel. White Rose will now provide...

Stonebridge unveils National Conference & Awards details

Stonebridge has outlined details of its 2022 National Conference & Awards, which will take...

30% of landlords to minimise activity while inflation is high

Landlords are becoming increasingly concerned about the impact of rising inflation on their portfolio...

Alternative Bridging expands sales team

Alternative Bridging Corporation has bolstered its field sales operation with the appointment of Jon...

Skipton to leave SVR/MVR unchanged despite BoE rate rise

Skipton Building Society will not pass on yesterday's Bank of England Bank Rate increase...

Skipton BS appoints pair of BDMs

Skipton Building Society has appointed Andy Charalambous and James Duffy to its team of...

Hodge and Accord to co-host first Power of 8 live event

Hodge is to co-host the first live Power of 8 (PO8) event for 2022...

UTB funds £30m South London development

United Trust Bank (UTB) is funding a £30m mixed use residential and commercial development...

The Nottingham moves towards soft footprints

The Nottingham has announced that people applying for mortgages will no longer have a...

Legal & General Surveying Services updates digital home survey

Legal & General Surveying Services, a subsidiary of Legal & General providing property surveying...

Inflation expectations cause MPC to raise bank rate

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted by a majority of...

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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