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Q&A: Jason Berry, Crystal Specialist Finance

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Jason Berry, group sales director at Crystal Specialist...

London’s luxury lettings market surges 154% as wealthy tenants opt to rent

London’s prime lettings market has more than doubled in size during the first half...

Non-doms exit UK, fueling shifts in London’s ultra-prime property market

A growing exodus of non-domiciled residents is reshaping London’s ultra-prime housing market, with new...

Escaping to Europe for the expat life

As the days get a little bit colder and we start to turn up...

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...

Newcastle Intermediaries bolsters large loan offering

Newcastle Intermediaries has expanded its large loan proposition with the introduction of new two-year...

Fiduciam closes first 2019 Spanish loan

Fiduciam has completed the first week of 2019 with its first Spanish loan of...

FIBA provides overseas mortgage advice facility to members

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has added overseas property and finance specialist, Simon...

Brokers’ top searches in September revealed

The latest Criteria Activity Tracker provided by Knowledge Bank has revealed the most searched...

Knowledge Bank users offered overseas mortgage facilities

Brokers using Knowledge Bank now have access to a range of overseas mortgages via Simon...

Top broker criteria search for self-employed borrowers

The monthly Criteria Activity Tracker provided by Knowledge Bank has revealed the most search...

Thistle Finance partners with currency firm

Packager Thistle Finance has partnered with global currency firm Mercury FX to offer UK...

Dutch top EU buy-to-let investment poll

The Netherlands is the best location in the EU for buy-to-let investments as it...

France reclaims overseas property top spot

Beneficial buying conditions are pulling British investors back to the French property market, according to...

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Mansion tax plans resurface as Prime London prices slide

Thirteen years since the Liberal Democrats first proposed a Mansion Tax on properties over £2 million the Treasury is reportedly considering the same plan. Even...

Chris Williams on being the architect of connection

For most of the last decade Chris Williams has been dissecting the machinery of the UK property market and helping industry understand how it...

Collaboration, not quick fixes, must drive the next phase of reform

As we edge closer to the autumn Budget, the housing market finds itself in a familiar state of anticipation and uncertainty. Inflation remains stubbornly high,...

Goodbye Piccadilly; farewell Leicester Square!

It is indeed a long way to Tipperary, even longer if you take one of those dodgy rickshaws that proliferate the London’s West End....

Navigating the end of ‘Covid mortgages’: strategic insights for brokers

This year marks a significant turning point in the UK mortgage market as many homeowners reach the end of their covid mortgage, where many...

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Mortgage market slows pre-Budget but product choice hits record high

The mortgage market lost momentum in October as buyers adopted a wait-and-see approach ahead...

Keystone boosts efficiency with criteria overhaul

Keystone Property Finance has introduced a raft of criteria enhancements designed to speed up...

Clydesdale Bank to cut fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.30%

Clydesdale Bank is set to reduce rates across several of its mortgage ranges from...

HSBC raises income multiple for Premier borrowers to 6.5 times salary

HSBC UK has increased the maximum loan-to-income (LTI) ratio available to its Premier customers...

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