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Largest Mortgage Lenders by Gross Lending
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
There was little change in the names at the top of the list of largest lenders last year, according to the new CML top 30 lenders’ data. However mid-sized lenders increased both their lending levels and their market share, and there were five first-time entrants to the “top 30″ by gross lending in 2010. Source:…
Energy Performance Certificates
Monday, August 1st, 2011
Please be aware that a number of changes will be made to regulation 5A of the EPB Regulations. In general, the onus remains on the ‘relevant person’ (i.e. the seller or landlord) to commission an EPC before marketing. The main changes are as follows: the duty to commission an EPC before marketing will be extended…
Summer Letting
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
August is traditionally the holiday season in residential lettings; only three years ago you might find over 1,000 two bed apartments advertised on the property portals as available, but this year there are less than 400. Traditionally by the end of September the supply and demand balance is usually back in sync but it looks…
Mortgage News
Monday, July 25th, 2011
For those of you who are researching the mortgage market, our contact Simon Sharpe of John Charcol Associates has sent us the following update on the current state of the market. Once more the base rate is held at 0.5% and he predicts that the likelihood is that it will stay the same for possibly…
Landlords’ Tax Allowance
Monday, July 25th, 2011
Landlords are being urged to ensure they are fully tax efficient after research shows many are failing to claim for the full range of tax allowances. Buy-to-let mortgage specialist Paragon said landlords could offset many of the costs incurred through letting property against their income, but many were unaware of the full range of costs…