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Recognise completes £2m commercial deal in 23 days

Recognise Bank has completed a £2 million loan for a Manchester city centre office...

Quantum Mortgages unveils green proposition

Quantum Mortgages, the new specialist buy-to-let lender which is scheduled to launch at the...

Londoners unhappy with lack of affordable housing

Londoners are the most dissatisfied in the country when it comes to the housing...

Tembo joins Proportunity broker panel

Tembo, the self-styled family-focused digital mortgage broker, has joined the broker panel at shared...

Changes in living arrangements “turning retirement planning on its head”

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that the number of families that...

Together refinances CABS securitisation

Together Financial Services has refinanced its revolving Charles Street securitisation programme (CABS) while improving...

Paradigm works with AMI to support Ukraine Crisis Appeal

Paradigm has launched an emergency fundraising drive to support the Ukraine Crisis Appeal run...

Bridging market confidence is high for 2022

84% of broker respondents to a recent survey said that they expect to write...

Reliance Bank extends cashback deals on shared ownership

Reliance Bank is to maintain its headline interest rates and extend end dates from...

Higher rates now hitting landlords

The two recent increases in the Bank of England base rate have now fed...

MBE North to host Mortgage Sleep Out

Mortgage Business Expo, which is holding MBE North at Manchester Central on 22 March,...

Landbay builds dedicated portfolio team

Landbay has set up a portfolio underwriting team specifically to cater for professional landlords...

Dye & Durham improves its services to conveyancers

Dye & Durham has built on its desire to improve the way property and...

Keystone launches seven-year fix range

Keystone Property Finance has unveiled a range of seven-year fixed rates to support the...

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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