Property experts James Pendleton have today launched a dedicated international desk to meet what they predict will be a continued wave of demand from overseas buyers post-Brexit. The agent, which brokers new development sales across London and the Home Counties from its branch network in the capital, predicts that strong demand from international investors will […]
Landbay, one of the UK’s leading buy-to-let lenders, has today enhanced its entire range reducing rates on all products. It has also launched a new range of remortgage-only products with free valuations and lowered the rates on its 80% LTV mortgages so they now start at just 3.79%. It has introduced a new large loan […]
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has today launched its annual Business Outlook report, ‘Business Outlook 2021: Review. Realign. Recover,’ which reflects on the themes, activity and challenges of 2020 and forecasts what 2021 might bring across the industries in which Christie & Co operates, including the pharmacy sector. Despite the wider impact Covid-19 […]
The property services industry stand to lose billions of pounds due to collapsed deals in the coming months due to the imminent stamp duty holiday cliff-edge, which threatens to deliver a considerable blow to the property market and the wider economy. According to property analysts Twentyci, one in five of the 457,358 purchases made subject […]
Research by national estate agent, Keller Williams UK, has revealed how the rental market has been impacted by Covid where the average cost of renting is concerned. Keller Williams analysed rental market data looking at the average rental cost and how it has changed between 2020 and 2019. The figures show that across England, Covid […]
United Trust Bank (UTB) has launched a ‘Fast-Track’ service for bridging applications. This new service was soft launched in Q4 2020 and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Supported by a dedicated Fast-Track team, the aim of this new streamlined service for loans meeting qualifying criteria is to simplify the process for straightforward transactions, making […]
Castle Trust Bank has recruited Nick Bennett as its new chief technology & operations officer (CTOO). Nick has more than 15 years’ experience in technology and banking, having worked at Tandem Bank for the last three years and Santander for 11 years previous to that. He has led strategic organisational and transformational programmes and has […]
While the largest housebuilders in the country are collectively sitting on a £3bn war chest thanks to the introduction of the Stamp Duty holiday, it is also at the other end of the spectrum that the construction and trade sectors have seen much needed cash injections. The booming housing market as a result of the Stamp […]
The latest research by lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed which rental property features are currently the most in-demand amongst UK tenants. Benham and Reeves looked at tenant demand across 23 major UK cities, analysing thousands of rental market listings for property features including gardens, garages, balconies, a concierge service, pet-friendly properties, […]
Gatehouse Bank is today relaunching its finance products for HMO (Houses in Multiple Occupation) purchases. The shariah-compliant challenger bank withdrew the range at the end of March 2020 as Covid-19 took hold in the UK and the property market slowed. Paul Stockwell, the bank’s chief commercial officer, said: “Gatehouse is proud to relaunch our HMO […]
