Mortgage and Property
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Solicitors and conveyancers refusing work on high-rise property transactions, say brokers
Brokers have revealed a growing number of solicitors and conveyancers, due to the new building regulations on cladding, are refusing to work…
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Pensions vs Buy to Let: Clients can do both
Written by Caitlin Southall, Senior Marketing Executive, Curtis Banks Research shows that the number of people planning to use property to provide…
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Mortgage sales for over 61s increase from £11.3bn in 2021 to £14bn in 2022 as borrowers aim to limit inheritance tax bills
The value of mortgages taken out by borrowers aged 61 and over has increased 24% from £11.3bn in 2021to £14bn in 2022*,…
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Legal & General: SmartrFit tool adds six lender affordability calculators
Legal & General has today announced the addition of six new buy-to-let rental calculators, and one new residential affordability calculator, to its…
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Nationwide preliminary results for the year ending 4 April – reaction from brokers
Following the Nationwide preliminary results for the year ending 4 April, advisers and brokers have reacted. Samuel Mather-Holgate of Swindon-based advisory firm, Mather &…
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New landlord database will be ‘gold mine’ of information for tax investigators
The launch of a new landlord database, envisaged by draft legislation published this week, could provide HMRC with a gold mine of…
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Unconventional borrowing solutions top priority for brokers, says TMA Club
TMA Club has today revealed that the top three queries their Broker Support Desk assisted Directly Authorised (DA) brokers with in Q1 were:…
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UK Finance: possessions up 50% in first quarter of year – reaction from brokers
It has been revealed that 750 homeowner mortgaged properties were taken into possession in the first quarter of 2023, which is 50% greater than…
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Purplebricks has “been circling the drain for years” – reaction to Purplebricks sale to Strike
Following the news Purplebricks has been sold to Strike for just £1 – pending approval by its shareholders – UK newswire, Newspage,…
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Housing crash may be avoided, Bloomberg Intelligence finds
New research from Bloomberg Intelligence (BI) finds that a housing crash may be avoided, evident in several indicators, housebuilders including Barratt, Taylor…


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