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December was again a month of “great uncertainty” for broker criteria searches as they looked to place cases for clients, says Knowledge Bank. In the residential sector, the most popular criteria searched for was again 'maximum age at the end of term’, while the search for lenders allowing ‘joint borrowers, sole
‘Maximum age at end of term’ was the top searched term in November within the residential category. The buy-to-let category saw the term ‘first-time landlord’ take the number one position. Meanwhile, for the equity release category, the most searched for term was ‘leasehold flat/apartment where applicant/s own part or all of the freehold’. Looking to the commercial category, ‘semi-commercial properties’ was the most searched phrase. Furthermore, the second-charge, self-build and bridging categories all saw ‘maximum LTV’ as the term most searched for by brokers. Matthew Cor...