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Today, 6.09 pm Its scary how much trust people put in something that is regularly wrong.  Who remembers "if its on facebook, it must be true"?  Replace facebook for AI.    Good video of why not to trust AI.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zU9TW4SB4w
Today, 5.01 pm Got an email yesterday from Virgin Money saying they support day rate contractors, Umbrella and zero hour contractors. 
Today, 4.59 pm Getting a few more people using chat GPT to question my advice. One call comes in today. She went to apply to her current lender to port the mortgage but was declined due to a CCJ she claims she didn't know about.  Anyway, chat GPT has told her she should still be able to port the mortgag...
Today, 4.29 pm Hi we have done something similar very recently and it did save him a load in stamp duty.  He bought it on a bridge as it needed some work and splitting of titles but saved him around £50k in stamp duty He then refinanced onto a BTL remortgage on one of the properties with Foundation
Today, 2.12 pm I have a client looking to buy a property that is already in a Ltd co. He wants to buy the company for the value of the property to save on SDLT. I think HMRC are wise to this and won't allow it without full SDLT. Am I correct? If wrong, will any lenders lend on it?
Today, 2.00 pm But we love Cora so much😂  Trying to delete the accidental smiley just creates more!!!!
Today, 1.02 pm Do natwest have a BDM these days?
Today, 12.58 pm HTB or Togethor srping to mind.   HTB are generally better I have found - bu they do have a miniumu % value of the Resi part (was 60% - I think that dropped to 50%??) as part of the overall loan amount.
Today, 12.25 pm Any suggestions for lenders? Guy owns several buildings with commercial ground floor and flats above. Network says we can do them 
Today, 12.16 pm Well the person that passed away already had a CIC claim (which we did assist with) a few years back so contacting L&G would not have been unfamiliar. For a claim already in progress it can get bogged down in a paper chase for medical or death certs etc which we are well placed to help with. The...

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Today, 8.38 am Atom bank, one of the UK’s top-rated banks on Trustpilot*, has announced rate cuts across both its Prime and Near Prime mortgage ranges. With immediate effect, all Prime rates have been reduced by 0.20%, while rates on the Near Prime range have dropped by 0.10%. As a result, Prime deals now s...
Today, 7.00 am TAB has completed a £2.8m bridging loan secured against a pair of commercial warehouses in London, providing the borrower with capital to invest in his trading business, repay business debt and support the expansion of his property portfolio. The commercial mortgage lender and bridging specia...
Yesterday, 2.27 pm Give it time. The FCA and lenders have relaxed the income multiples so there is only one direction those numbers are going. 
Yesterday, 12.50 pm New figures from UK Finance showing a further fall in mortgage possessions demonstrate the effectiveness of responsible lending and the support being provided to borrowers experiencing financial difficulties, according to United Trust Bank (UTB). The latest data shows that 1,150 homeowner propertie...
Yesterday, 12.35 pm Well, those advisers who are IFA's and do Later Life Advice will already be doing this......  ... so what is the issue? It's already being done now - never mind from the 2040's.   Reading between the lines - perhaps some firms want to be able to give shall we say guidance......
Yesterday, 12.17 pm Jim Boyd, chief executive of the Equity Release Council, responding to the Society of Pensions Professionals Home Truths, said: “The Society for Pension Professionals is right to highlight that housing and pensions can no longer be treated as separate policy challenges. Housing wealth is not a...
Yesterday, 11.03 am FRP Real Estate Advisory has arranged the £2.98m refinance of a 12-flat freehold block in Horsham, Sussex, supporting the client in repaying a bridge and moving onto a five-year fixed-rate term loan with specialist buy-to-let lender Rely. The transaction marks FRP Real Estate Advisory’s ...
Yesterday, 10.20 am Paragon Bank has reintroduced its Track to Fix feature to its range of Bank Base Rate (BBR) tracker buy-to-let mortgages, enabling existing customers to switch to an available Paragon fixed-rate switch product during the tracker term without incurring an early repayment charge (ERC). The enhancement...
Yesterday, 10.20 am David Miller, divisional director at Spicerhaart Corporate Sales, said: “Quarter after quarter, the tremendous, proactive work of lenders continues to shine through. Even where we’ve seen elevated interest rates in recent years, borrowers have shown that they are managing their commitme...
Yesterday, 10.19 am Melanie Spencer, growth director at Target Group, said: “A further fall in mortgage arrears suggests that despite the financial pressures households have faced in recent years, mortgage borrowers are managing to stay in the black. Meanwhile, lenders continue to ensure that any mortgage distre...

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