Mortgage Strategy’s Top 10 Stories for the Week: This week’s top stories highlight significant shifts in the mortgage landscape. From a,.. Read More;

The gap between what sellers want for their homes and what buyers are paying has increased by a further 1.1%,.. Read More;

The new Planning and Infrastructure Bill aims to tighten decision-making timescales to boost local building, the government says.  The new bill,,.. Read More;

Unbiased has announced an average increase of 7.5% to its subscription fees due to the rising cost of providing its,.. Read More;

A more efficient eviction process would encourage further investment in the buy-to-let (BTL) sector, as 64% of landlords cited in,.. Read More;

West One is cutting costs on first charge buy-to-let deals on Monday with some rates falling by as much as,.. Read More;

Nationwide’s £2.9bn takeover of Virgin Money, which will create the country’s second-largest mortgage lender, has been cleared by the Competition,.. Read More;

Inheritance tax rose £701m in June, according to HMRC, taking the total for the second quarter this year to £2.1bn. The,.. Read More;

LSL Property Services has appointed Peter Stevenson as chief operating officer for financial services, starting in September. Stevenson joins from Barclays,.. Read More;

Coreco has partnered with April Mortgages to provide advisers access to the lender’s range of five to 15-year fixed-rate mortgages. Coreco,.. Read More;

Property buyers paid £1bn in stamp duty in June, leaving the total bill for the year so far unchanged from,.. Read More;

Climate-related disasters have been dominating headlines for years now, but their increasing frequency and severity are becoming more apparent.,.. Read More;