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Allica Bank moves into residential BTL market

Allica Bank has expanded its commercial mortgage proposition by entering the specialist buy-to-let residential...

Rightmove calls on government to extend the stamp duty deadline to help 74,000 home-movers

Rightmove is calling for an extension to the stamp duty deadline after research revealed...

Cooling rental growth poses new challenges for buy-to-let sector

Latest data from Hamptons reveals a continued slowdown in rental growth for new lets...

Brokers predict two further base rate cuts this year

Landbay has reported that mortgage brokers are now expecting just two more interest rate...

New advisers for Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA)

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), the mortgage, protection and financial planning network, has welcomed a...

Just Mortgages launches scheme to support self-employed adviser transition

Just Mortgages has introduced New Starter Boost, a support package designed to help advisers...

Rents continue to rise but rental growth slows

The average UK private rent increased by 8.7% in the 12 months to January...

Stamp duty changes to hit four in five homeowners from April

The cost of purchasing a home is set to rise for the majority of...

It takes women four times as long to save the required deposit for a home

It takes single women 11 years and nine months to save the expected deposit...

More2life unveils personalised lifetime mortgage rates

Later life lender more2life has introduced Flexi Interest Reward, a new lifetime mortgage feature...

Conveyancing chaos on the horizon as stamp duty deadline sparks property panic

Looming stamp duty changes are likely to cause conveyancing chaos with Rightmove predicting a...

Getting to know you:  Luisa Ciccarelli, Trinity Financial 

Name: Luisa Ciccarelli Age: 24 Location: Office - Islington, London. Home - Hertfordshire Qualification Year: 2022 Firm: Trinity...

Coventry for intermediaries lowers series of fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected fixed mortgage rates, with residential rates at 90-95%...

Movin Legal launches Digital Home Surveys with Legal & General

Conveyancing panel manager Movin Legal has introduced a new Digital Home Survey function in...
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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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