Historically second charge mortgages or secured loans as they are also known were seen as a last chance option for a client’s borrowing needs. The rates were much higher and carried hefty early repayment charges. However things have now moved ...
Lenders must say what they mean and mean what they say! And that includes not offering a silly low monthly rate to “hook” the borrower and then finding a reason to increase it. To reinforce this message, Alternative Bridging Corporation ...
Fraudsters attacking the conveyancing sector, successfully stealing large sums of money from homebuyers, are making national headlines at a depressing rate. As criminals deploy ever more sophisticated methods to intercept the money, Greg Bryce, managing director of SearchFlow, property intelligence ...
The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) is counting down the last month before throwing open the doors to its seventh Commercial Finance Expo, the biggest one yet. This is the headline we run every year, so apart from ...
SearchFlow, property intelligence specialists, has partnered with Decision First to offer an unrivalled service to protect conveyancers and homebuyers from the risk of fraud. Using Decision First’s Law Firm Search via the Lender Exchange, users can now ensure it is ...
Each time I find something interesting in the data the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) collects as a by-product of its day-to-day work, I have to consider the data protection angle. ...
With the scale of devastation from flooding witnessed recently, anxiety about purchasing a property in a flood risk area is heightened. Maud Rousseau, Group marketing and communications director of SearchFlow, looks at the impact this environmental risk has had on ...
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SearchFlow’s rebrand and positioning as the specialist in ‘property intelligence’ is a response to new technological advancements and the changing market needs within the conveyancing and wider property sector. ...
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The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) is holding an interim conference to support the next set of changes that we need to make in response to the new regulated environment. ...
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Scotland has voted to stay in the union – at least for now – and one question that investors will have on their minds is how the decision will affect the various Scottish markets. One of these markets is housing, ...
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Recent figures show that the UK is currently facing a housing shortage, with the lowest number of properties available for sale since records began. ...
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