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Countrywide Surveying Services secures Feefo gold award for customer service

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has received the 2026 Gold Trusted Service Award from Feefo,...

TwentyCi unveils property-level ESG and valuation tool for lenders

TwentyCi has launched EcoVal360, a new property-level API solution aimed at helping mortgage lenders...

OneDome secures $25m (USD) to fuel UK expansion

OneDome, the UK-based housing and fintech platform, has raised $25 million (USD) in a...

Selina Finance adds Hometrack integration to support no-valuation lending

Selina Finance has launched a new no-valuation option for brokers after integrating Hometrack into...

RAW Capital Partners brings automated valuations into early-stage mortgage decisions

Specialist lender RAW Capital Partners has introduced automated valuation models on eligible mortgage applications,...

Kensington reduces fixed rates across buy-to-let proposition

Kensington Mortgages has reduced rates across its buy-to-let mortgage range, cutting pricing by up...

Keystone secures new funding line to expand buy-to-let lending

Keystone Property Finance has secured an additional funding line that it says will enable...

Early January sees sharp rise in demand for home mover services

Demand for home mover services jumped sharply in the first half of January, with...

Houzecheck survey volumes jump 75% as intermediary partnerships gain pace

Proptech surveying platform Houzecheck has reported a sharp increase in activity during 2025, with...

Pepper Money trims residential pricing and adds free valuations to buy-to-let range

Pepper Money has reduced rates across its Pepper48 residential range and introduced free valuations...

VAS names Sean Welham as MD as founders step back from day-to-day leadership

Valuation panel management firm VAS has appointed Sean Welham as managing director, tasking him...

Keystone integrates valuation platform in bid to speed up complex cases

Specialist buy-to-let lender Keystone Property Finance has partnered with valuation panel manager Method in...

CHL Mortgages rolls out free valuation HMO and MUFB range as buy-to-let rates ease

CHL Mortgages has launched a new set of limited-edition buy-to-let products offering free valuations...

Masthaven cuts bridging rates and broadens AVM use

Masthaven Finance has updated its bridging proposition with rate cuts across key products, wider...
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COMMENT

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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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