Self-build mortgage market: a niche for the discerning Conveyancer?
The Government are hoping to double the current self-build figures and, according to research carried out by Datamonitor, it certainly sounds like this might be achievable. Unfortunately the actual research referred to is only available at a price of almost $9,000 but covers things like: – How will gross lending fare across the main specialist […]
Riliance sees surge in sales with looming SRA deadline
The Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP) nomination deadline is imminent. Add to this the publicly announced compliance warnings and you can understand why law firms are under pressure to adhere to the SRA’s new rules. This has seen sales for Riliance’s web-based risk and compliance management solution surge as legal practices attempt to get […]
Lending and approvals by building societies and mutuals rise year on year in January
Lending statistics released by the Building Societies Association show that in January gross mortgage lending by building societies and other mutual lenders rose by 32% compared to January 2011. A total of £1.9 billion was lent, a rise from £1.4 billion. Compared with December 2011 the figure was slightly down, from £2 billion. The number […]
Value of Bridging Loan Industry surges to £911 million following unprecedented growth in 2011
Last week saw the release of the latest quarterly Bridging Index from West One Loans. Gross Lending in bridging finance increased in 2011 by a huge 110% from 2010 to £911 million. This figure is more than £100 million higher than the projections forecast by the previous Bridging Index. In December 2011 gross lending was […]