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EPC requirements not straightforward for landlords

Nearly a quarter of landlords say their properties are currently rated D or below...

Brightstar and Mortgage Mum launch Moving Forwards Forum

Brightstar Financial and The Mortgage Mum have teamed up to launch a new Women...

Halifax reports slowing in house price growth

House price growth slowed in January, according to the latest house price index from...

Knowledge Bank adds West One BTL criteria

The buy-to-let range from West One Loans has been added to Knowledge Bank’s criteria...

Clydesdale Bank adapts lending criteria and products

Clydesdale Bank has made a series of changes to its lending criteria and its...

Twenty7Tec reports record month for searches in January

Twenty7Tec has published the monthly results from its data analytics module INSIGHT, which tracks...

Vida Homeloans now on MBT Affordability platform

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has added Vida Homeloans to its MBT Affordability research platform. MBT...

Strong growth reported by Smartr365

Smartr365 has announced that it supports over 3,500 users, following growth of more than 500%...

Mercantile Trust revamps bridging offering

Mercantile Trust has updated its bridging proposition, cutting rates, as well as expanding its...

Funding 365 provides £7.2m for 50 Peterborough flats

Funding 365 has completed a £7.2 million 75% LTV development exit loan at a...

Hanley Economic BS unveils five-year remortgage deals

Hanley Economic Building Society has added two five-year fixed rate remortgage specials to its...

Paragon Bank unveils eight new buy-to-let mortgages

Paragon Bank has added four limited-edition products and four switch products. Four limited edition products...

New chair announced for OneFamily

OneFamily has announced that its chair of nearly seven years, Christina McComb, is to...

Assetz Capital boosts Northern origination team

Assetz Capital has promoted two staff members to strengthen its growing origination team in...
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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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