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Standard Life Home Finance joins Equity Release Council

Standard Life Home Finance has joined the Equity Release Council following the recent launch...

Time Finance appointee to drive Wales growth

Time Finance has announced the appointment of Michael Freebury as head of sales in...

Vida raises over £20k for Crisis at Christmas

Vida has raised over £20,000 as part of a Christmas campaign for its charity...

Landbay simplifies buy-to-let range with new rates

Landbay has refreshed its range to simplify its buy-to-let mortgage offering and has added...

JMT criteria now on Knowledge Bank

JMT Finance Ltd (JMT), the commercial property finance lender, has added its criteria to...

Remortgage activity fuelled by “inevitable” rate rise

The average monthly payment decrease for those who remortgaged in November was £193.39, according to latest...

Positive Lending appoints head of sales

Positive Lending has promoted David Coleman to the position of head of sales. Coleman (pictured) joined...

The Nottingham cuts higher LTV rates

The Nottingham has announced rate reductions of up to 70bps across its residential range. Its...

New Keystone appointments to drive growth plans

Keystone Property Finance has promoted Moises Cruickshank to head of sales and recruited two...

Mansfield Building Society appoints intermediary sales manager

Mansfield Building Society has appointed Tom Molloy as its intermediary sales manager following the...

Paragon unveils switch and further advance products

Paragon has introduced a range of switch and further advance products for portfolio and...

Two senior appointments at Tenet

Steve Jones has been promoted to managing director and Rosie Shearer appointed business support...

Landlords don’t want to be called landlords

The majority of the buy-to-let populace would prefer not to be called landlords, according...

CSS reports 100% pass rate for latest academy graduates

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has announced a 100% pass rate across its training academy...

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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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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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