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Specialist referral service for portfolio landlords unveiled

Sesame and PMS Mortgage Club have launched a referral service to help advisers deal...

Connect for Intermediaries expands lender panel

BlueZest is now distributing its mortgages through the Connect for Intermediaries network and packager....

Accord improves existing borrower transfer processes

Accord Mortgages has made a number of improvements to its existing borrower transfers in...

Consumers in the dark about broker benefits

55% of UK consumers are unaware that a mortgage broker could offer more product choice...

PTFS selects Pure Retirement for equity release support

Personal Touch Financial Services has chosen Pure Retirement to provide its appointed representatives (ARs)...

Keystone joins First Complete and Pink panel

Products from specialist buy-to-let lending brand Keystone Property Finance are now available to appointed...

West One Loans expands distribution

West One Loans has joined up with Tenet Group to offer its first and...

Sainsbury’s Bank expands broker distribution

Sainsbury’s Bank has added Mortgage Advice Bureau and Stonebridge Group to its mortgage broker distribution...

The Skipton unveils three-year fixes

The Skipton Building Society is to launch a new range of intermediary-only three-year fixed...

TML offers new Premier Panel exclusive

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has introduced a new exclusive for members of its Premier...

Vernon BS added to Personal Touch panel

The Vernon Building Society has been appointed to Personal Touch’s mortgage panel.   The local society,...

Plenty of positives for networks

Given that this is being written on Friday the 13th you might think I’d...

Should there be a formal lender-client contact agreement?

JLM Mortgage Services has queried whether the time is now right for lenders to enter...

Right Mortgage & Protection Network hires national account manager

Kevin Williams has been appointed by the Right Mortgage & Protection Network as its national...

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Stability is not a slowdown; it’s exactly what the bridging market needs

So, according to the recent Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) figures, bridging completions fell in Q2. Cue the usual hand-wringing. The headlines landed, the...

The rise of the silver pound

UK house prices may have cooled from their peak, but affordability pressures remain acute. Even with recent adjustments to interest rates, rising property values have...

Staggering stamp duty will make it easier for people to move

A proposal to spread stamp duty land tax payments across several years, in an effort to drive growth and boost the housing market, is...

Making Digital Sales Ready properties the norm, not the exception

Digital Sales Ready listings and upfront information have the potential to transform the home buying and selling journey, creating faster, more transparent transactions with...

Supercharging affordability: a broker’s tool for unlocking complex cases

If you could choose a superpower, what would it be? The ability to see the future? To slow down time? To get every case...

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Generation X faces retirement squeeze with smaller pensions than parents

Generation X risks becoming the first cohort to retire with less financial security than...

Leasehold reforms stall as sector warns of ‘real-world consequences’

The government is under mounting pressure to accelerate leasehold reform as the body representing...

Zoopla warns cost pressures mean housing targets are at risk

The government’s flagship target to deliver 1.5m new homes over the next five years...

UTB cuts bridging loan minimum and lowers regulated rates

United Trust Bank has unveiled a package of bridging loan changes aimed at making...