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Acre teams up with FP Surveying to launch one-click survey service

Acre has launched a new surveying service in partnership with FP Surveying, aiming to...

Gateway Surveyors marks 20 years with focus on innovation and client service

Gateway Surveyors is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month, marking two decades of growth...

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...

Rightmove warns property tax reforms could stall housing market

Rightmove has warned the government that proposed changes to property taxation risk distorting the...

Landbay unveils new free valuation options and cuts rates on two-year fixes

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has expanded its Summer Special range with the launch of four...

Roma Finance launches AI-powered DeskVal to speed up lending decisions

Roma Finance has unveiled DeskVal, an AI-powered valuation tool designed to deliver faster and...

KSEYE adds automated valuations to improve bridging turnaround times

Specialist lender KSEYE has introduced automated valuations on certain bridging loans, in order to...

Funding 365 unveils AVM-based bridging loan for faster completions

Specialist lender Funding 365 has launched a new bridging product designed to accelerate funding...

Clydesdale Bank to offer free valuations on all new purchase applications

Clydesdale Bank is set to remove valuation fees across its entire range of purchase...

DPT Monitoring Surveyors expands team and rebrands

DPT Monitoring Surveyors has strengthened its team with two new appointments and unveiled a...

VAS launches lender API to streamline valuation workflow

Valuation panel management firm VAS has unveiled a new lender API that promises to...

Countrywide Surveying Services delivers 25 newly qualified surveyors into residential sector

Countrywide Surveying Services has reaffirmed its long-term investment in the future of residential valuation...

Estate agents warn AI valuation tools are undervaluing UK homes by tens of thousands

Automated valuation models (AVMs) powered by artificial intelligence may be costing UK sellers tens...

Property transactions are slower than ever – why?

While much of the financial services sector is becoming faster and more automated, the...

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Accountants, brokers and the clash of expectations

There’s an old accountant’s joke about financial advisers: the difference between us is that advisers want to look richer than their clients, while accountants...

Rachel Geddes: Redefining what’s possible for brokers and borrowers

When Rachel Geddes picked up the phone after a job interview to ask her mum what a mortgage was, she didn’t realise she was...

The Treasury is casting more floaters than a sewage farm

The problem with having a thoroughly inexperienced Chancellor and a properly ‘woodenheaded’ Prime Minister, is that they are learning the job ‘on the hoof’...

HMOs: market realities, future prospects, and the broker opportunity

The HMO sector remains one of the most dynamic parts of the private rented market, with recent data showing it’s both a significant asset...

Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

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Rents hit new record as landlords brace for fresh regulation

The average advertised rent across Great Britain rose to a record £1,577 a month...

Skipton teams up with Age UK to support older people through cost of living crisis

Skipton Building Society has partnered with Age UK to deliver a national programme aimed...

Alps joins Open GI platform with landlord protection products

Alps, the managing general agent specialising in insurance add-on policies and claims solutions, has...

Acre teams up with FP Surveying to launch one-click survey service

Acre has launched a new surveying service in partnership with FP Surveying, aiming to...