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Retirees take advantage of the Stamp Duty holiday

Over-55s keen to take advantage of the Stamp Duty Holiday drove There has been...

Shepherds Friendly boosts benefits to IP members

Shepherds Friendly has partnered with healthcare charity, Nuffield Health, to offer a range of...

The Ipswich implements permanent hybrid business development model

The Ipswich Building Society is adopting a hybrid business development model that will see...

Cirencester Friendly begins search for new CEO

Paul Hudson, Cirencester Friendly's CEO, is to retire in April 2023, at which point...

Gatehouse Bank unveils new home finance products

Gatehouse Bank has introduced new home finance products available to homebuyers with a smaller...

First 4 Bridging to hold specialist lending seminars

First 4 Bridging (F4B) will be hosting three specialist lending seminars across the country. These...

Keystone cuts rates & opens larger loan cashback to more landlords

Keystone Property Finance has cut rates by up to 0.2 percentage points across all...

Nationwide: UK house price growth rises to 11%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth rose to 11.0%...

Buckinghamshire BS launches ‘2021 Here To Help Fund’

The Buckinghamshire Building Society is to launch the ‘2021 Here To Help Fund’ of...

Masthaven Bank appoints director of lending and credit operations

Masthaven Bank has announced that Shelley Connelly will also oversee short-term lending in the...

SPF Private Clients integrates with Yourkeys

SPF Private Clients has completed a full integration with property software solution Yourkeys. Yourkeys, which...

Increased number of over-60s thinking about care costs

37% of adults in the UK over the age of 60 say they would...

Newcastle Intermediaries introduces new Help to Buy remortgage product

Newcastle Intermediaries has expanded its Help to Buy range, introducing a new Help to...

Aldermore unveils new purchase and remortgage deals

Aldermore bank has revamped its residential owner occupied mortgage range, introducing new products for...

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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...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

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PropTech silos prolong mortgage journey, Houzecheck warns

Disconnected property technology is creating new data silos instead of delivering faster mortgage and...

Swansea BS completes £25k charity fund with YMCA Cardiff donation

Swansea Building Society has completed an anniversary charity fund with a £3,000 donation to...

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...

No mandate for automatic cohabitation rights, Deech warns

Proposals giving cohabiting couples automatic rights over homes, pensions and other assets lack clear...

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