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Aspen unveils new development exit & refurb product

Aspen has made changes to its offering, unveiling a new development exit & refurbishment...

Movin Legal partners with Roma Finance

Conveyancing portal Movin Legal has partnered with Roma Finance to help Roma’s intermediary partners...

360 Dotnet opens offshore office

360 Dotnet has launched an office in Turkey, to provide the additional capacity required...

Skipton reports 97% rise in EU residents buying UK rental property

Skipton International has seen a significant increase in UK mortgage completions from 2020 to...

CHL Mortgages joins Brilliant Solutions’ panel

CHL Mortgages has been added to Brilliant Solutions’ lending panel. This partnership will provide...

TAB secures new credit facility

Property lender TAB has secured a new funding line from New York investment firm, Atalaya...

TFC’s lender portal now includes EPC ratings

TFC Homeloans has announced that it is now including Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) information...

Majority want stamp duty reform

58% of homeowners and homebuyers believe Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is an outdated...

Vida strengthens team with three new appointments

Vida has announced a number of key appointments to its senior team. Helen Cawthra has...

Leeds BS appoints director of mortgage distribution

Leeds Building Society has appointed Martese Carton to the newly-created role of director of...

Skipton BS revises shared ownership criteria

Skipton Building Society has made changes to its lending criteria on shared ownership. The lending...

TMA Club adds CHL Mortgages to panel

TMA Club has announced the addition of CHL Mortgages to its lender panel. Directly Authorised (DA) brokers who are members of TMA will have access to CHL Mortgages’ range...

Paragon: voids hit five-year low

Paragon Bank has reported that the incidence of void periods has declined over the...

Skipton integrates with Twenty7Tec’s Apply

Twenty7Tec has announced the integration of Skipton Building Society into the APPLY module. 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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