A Paragon Bank survey found that 81% of landlords make improvements to every property they add to their portfolios with 22% spending more than £25,000 on upgrades. The survey, which...
Read MoreStonebridge has launched new functionality in its wholly-owned trading platform, Revolution, that will help advisers identify and support vulnerable customers. Working as a series of prompts for appointed representative (AR)...
Read MoreStamp duty receipts lifted 6.5% to £18bn between April and February in England compared to a year ago, HMRC data shows, but property professionals say this figure is already...
Read MoreSpring Finance has appointed Owen Bentley as head of sales in its bridging division. Bentley joins the specialist lender from United Trust Bank where he led the bridging sales team. He...
Read MoreReasons To Be Cheerful, Pt 3. Ian Dury wrote and recorded the famously optimistic song off the back of a potentially tragic situation. The Blockheads took some unexpected time off...
Read MoreBroker sympathy for conveyancing workloads is in short supply according to a poll by Groundsure. Around 53% of brokers say conveyancers were not “unfairly maligned by the mortgage industry press...
Read MoreThe effectiveness of the borrowing facility now available to address the mortgage-backed securities risk that contributed to Silicon Valley Bank's failure remains to be seen, as it has been...
Read MorePaying off an existing mortgage remained the number one reason for releasing equity in 2022, according to new research from Canada Life. The annual data looks at the top motivations...
Read MoreShawbrook bank has bought specialist lender Bluestone Mortgages in a cash and share deal for an undisclosed sum. The bank says Bluestone Mortgages has originated over £1.8bn since its...
Read MoreThe average asking price of a property coming to market in March lifted by 0.8% to £365,357, according to data from Rightmove, which it says points to “a stable”...
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