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Slight monthly decline in house prices

UK house prices remained largely stable in February, recording a marginal decline of 0.1%...

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries further reduces short-term let rates

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has reduced rates across its short-term lets range by 30...

Mortgage maverick author has a ‘wheely’ good time

The air under the arches of Waterloo Station smelled of old rain and fresh...

CHL’s Ross Turrell to retire and be succeeded by Darrell Walker

Ross Turrell, commercial director for specialist lender CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries, is to retire. Turrell...

Nivo unveils AI-powered broker concierge service for specialist lenders

Nivo has announced the launch of Broker Concierge, an AI-powered assistant designed to help...

Paula Priest and Katie Newell-Tucker join Birmingham Bank as Andy Virgo is promoted to director of sales

Paula Priest and Katie Newell-Tucker have joined the commercial team at specialist buy-to-let lender...

Mark Snape joins The Moving Portal

The Moving Portal has announced the appointment of Mark Snape as its first chief growth...

LiveMore appoints Paul Lewis as sales director of mortgages

LiveMore has appointed Paul Lewis as sales director of mortgages as it continues to...

Market sees mixed signals as borrowing and approvals shift

The latest data from the Bank of England's Money and Credit report reveals a...

Hope Capital records best volumes for 18 months

Hope Capital has reported a record month for business following the introduction of its...

First-time buyer activity recovery continues

UK house prices experienced a 0.4% increase in February, marking the sixth consecutive month...

Housing market steadies as January sees 14% annual rise in transactions

Residential property transactions showed signs of stabilisation at the start of the year with...

Virgin Money cuts selected purchase, remortgage & product transfer BTL rates

Virgin Money has implemented reductions in selected buy-to-let fixed mortgage rates, effective today, Friday,...

Price gap between houses and flats at 30-year high

The housing market is continuing to register positive momentum in 2025 with Zoopla’s latest...
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We must not accept our snail’s pace home buying system

Buying a house in this country can be ridiculously slow, as a handful of recent studies have highlighted. Research from the House Buyer Bureau...

Deferment and capitalisation rates: small percentages, large consequences

The Government is currently consulting on Leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates to determine what deferment and capitalisation rates should be prescribed under the Leasehold and...

Your clients can’t tell which firm they’re dealing with

Two clients walk into your firm in the same week. One of them is a referral from a mate of yours. Complicated case, self-employed, bit...

It’s time to look at retention

As the summer winds down and the back-to-school routine kicks back in, I urge the industry to turn its attention to something just as...

Landlords are buying – and advisers should take note

There has been no shortage of commentary over recent years suggesting landlords are heading for the exit, buy-to-let apparently no longer works and the...

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