valuations

The Coventry changes valuation policy

The Coventry Building Society is making changes to its LTV limits due to surveyors putting...

Independent valuations consultancy launched by VAS Group

VAS Group has launched VAS Valuation Management, an independent valuations consultancy business designed to provide...

VAS Group introduces service dashboard

VAS Group has launched its VAS Panel service Dashboard, a cloud-based portal for lenders,...

High-rise valuation process agreed by industry

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), The Building Societies Association (BSA), and UK...

VAS Group reaches 300-valuation mark for Assetz Capital

VAS Group has reached a milestone with Assetz Capital, having completed its 300th report...

Collaboration aims to help maximise valuations

The ValPal Network and Loop Software have launched an integration which will reduce administration...

VAS Group hires technical panel director

VAS Group has appointed Ian Wimpenny to the newly created role of technical panel...

£100m in term valuations reached by VAS Panel and Redwood Bank

VAS Panel has completed over £100m worth of valuations, in eight months, for the...

VAS Panel signs up 50th lender client

Masthaven Bank has become the 50th lender client that VAS Panel has signed up...

BM Solutions cuts fees

BM Solutions has made changes to a number of its mortgage and valuations fees. A...

Lambert Smith Hampton now available on VAS Panel

UK commercial property and real estate consultancy, Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH), has become the...

Virgin Money renews Hometrack partnership for AVMs

Virgin Money has renewed its licence with Hometrack, securing delivery of Automated Valuation Model...

VAS Group to manage all Aspen Bridging valuations

Short-term finance provider Aspen Bridging has extended its partnership with VAS Group to incorporate its...

E.surv introduces remote valuation service

E.surv Chartered Surveyors has unveiled its Remote Valuation service, which is designed to offer...
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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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