valuations

Richard Sexton joins HouzeCheck as commercial director

Proptech surveying platform HouzeCheck has appointed mortgage valuations veteran Richard Sexton as its new...

West One introduces AVMs and cuts buy-to-let rates

West One Loans has launched Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) for its buy-to-let products. The introduction...

Belleveue Mortlakes joins BDLA

Belleveue Mortlakes Chartered Surveyors has become the latest associate member of the Bridging &...

Countrywide Surveying Services hosts forum on property market trends

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has hosted its first Future Insight Forum, bringing together senior...

VAS welcomes six new starters

VAS has announced a number of new appointments. Among the six new starters, Joe Bates...

Countrywide Surveying Services welcomes managing surveyor

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has announced the appointment of Gillian Grace as managing surveyor. Grace...

HTB adds AVM option to bridging proposition

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has introduced an Automated Valuation Model (AVM) option to its...

Countrywide Surveying Services appoints head of surveyor development

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has announced the promotion of Kate Marlow to head of...

Small fall in home condition survey commissions

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has reported a slight dip in the number of homebuyers...

VAS Valuation Group expands Knowledge Hub

VAS Valuation Group has added five new videos to its Knowledge Hub. Hope value, comparable...

Keystone Property Finance the first lender to use Method-VM’s new API integration

Method-VM, the valuation and development monitoring panel management firm, has completed the development of...

Hope Capital partners with DeskVal for quicker turnarounds

Hope Capital has teamed up with DeskVal to offer a new, "instant" automated system...

Gen H partners to launch new Property Decisioning Engine

Gen H has partnered with Legal & General Surveying Services and Rightmove to launch...

Virgin Money new purchase exclusives with free valuations

Virgin Money is launching new products tomorrow (Friday 22 November). It has also increased a...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

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Mortgage rates surge and product choice shrinks as Iran conflict jolts market

New data from Moneyfacts shows the impact of the Iran conflict has been both...

Advisers told to tighten processes as rate volatility squeezes mortgage options

Advisers are being urged to sharpen their processes as lenders continue to withdraw products...

Conveyancer shortage threatens to slow homebuying process

Falling conveyancer numbers and rising transaction volumes are increasing pressure on the homebuying process,...

Sesame rolls out OneView adviser platform to bring core tools into one system

Sesame has launched a new web-based adviser platform, OneView, designed to bring core tools,...

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