Landlords seek capital and rental value gain with property upgrades: Paragon

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

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...

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Stonebridge launches new feature to help vulnerable customers

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Stonebridge 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)...

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Stamp duty receipts rise 6.5% to £18bn: HMRC 

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Stamp 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...

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Spring Finance welcomes ‘well-known personality’ to its team

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Spring 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...

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Commercial Watch: ‘A bit of grin and bear it’

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Reasons 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...

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Broker sympathy for conveyancers in short supply: Groundsure  

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Broker 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...

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How far the Fed’s facility is likely to go in stopping bank MBS woes

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

The 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...

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Top reasons for equity release in 2022 revealed: Canada Life

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Paying 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...

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Shawbrook snaps up specialist lender Bluestone Mortgages   

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Shawbrook 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...

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Asking price rises point to ‘stable’ spring buying season: Rightmove  

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

The 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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