Mortgage
Broker Focus: Stuart Powell, managing director, Ocean Mortgages
Describe your firm in a few sentences In 2017, I established Ocean Mortgages as a sole practitioner, following two decades...
Report casts doubt on government house building targets
A report has concluded that housing supply “will simply dry up” if major changes are not made to how housing...
FHA Loan Limits Increase In 2022
There are higher FHA loan limits scheduled for the year 2022. The FHA and HUD have published two mortgagee letters...
Rightmove sees house prices moving up by 5% in 2022
House prices will rise by 5% by next year on a national level and by 3% in London, says Rightmove....
Catalyst launches new refurbishment product
Catalyst Property Finance has brought out a new bridging refurbishment product, named Refurb+. It is aimed at property investors and...
Ying Tan acquires significant stake in Knowledge Bank
Founder and former chief executive of Dynamo, Ying Tan, has acquired a significant stake in fintech firm Knowledge Bank. Tan,...
Landlords readying to sell properties over EPC rules: TMW
Just over half – 52% – of landlords with properties that need investment to align their energy efficiency ratings with...
Recognise Bank hires Workman as the Tipton promotes Groom
Recognise Bank has appointed Ian Workman to the role of managing director of commercial banking. Ian WorkmanWorkman joins from Barclays...
House prices rise by 10% in November: Nationwide
The average house price grew by 10% on an annual basis in November, new figures from Nationwide show. This compares...
Comment: Opportunity knocks in private equity for brokers
Each year, Investec carries out a survey — GP Trends — in which we speak to hundreds of people working...
FCA confirms fee increase proposal
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that it wants to up its minimum fee for the cost of regulation...
Leasehold Reform Bill passes Commons unopposed
The Leasehold Reform Bill, which looks to restrict ground rents on newly created long residential leases to one peppercorn per...
