The cost of residential fall-throughs increased by almost 12% during the first quarter of this year, costing UK home sellers £220m.

Philip Gould, Chief Lending Officer at Avamore Capital, looks at the advantages of adding funding lines to boost support for SME property developers and investors.

Rates on the lender's second charge A Plan now start from 11.98%

The Society has also launched new residential and shared ownership products.

The steepest rate of house price inflation was found in the North West.

The North East has performed particularly well achieving a double-digit yield in the second quarter of this year.

Rates have reduced by up to 0.43%.

Rates on five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages start at 4.60%.

Borrowers can now select a single law firm to act on behalf of both themselves and LendInvest.

Alongside the rate reductions, the lender has also announced the launch of a new two-year, fixed-rate product for Professional borrowers.