Distribution

Productivity and sales up at New Leaf

Mortgage, protection and wealth network New Leaf Distribution has revealed that its recent 12-month’s...

New Leicester offices for Mortgage Support Network

Leicester based mortgage network Mortgage Support Network (MSN) has announced its move into new...

Record profits for Openwork

Openwork Ltd has reported record profits and a sixth consecutive year of profit growth. Profit...

M&S Bank expands mortgage distribution

M&S Bank has appointed Sesame to its list of mortgage intermediary partners. This announcement follows...

Vernon Intermediaries partners with Mortgage Support Network

Vernon Intermediaries has teamed up with Mortgage Support Network into order to provide its...

The Bucks teams up with Key Partnerships

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has signed an exclusive contract with equity release referral service...

Brightstar unveils later life lending offering

Brightstar Financial has partnered with Sentry Lifetime to offer a later life lending service...

New NED for HL Partnership

Mortgage and protection network, HL Partnership, has appointed Mike Hughes as non-executive director (NED). Hughes...

TSB joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added TSB to its lender panel. The lender is the 14th...

The Hinckley & Rugby joins Legal & General panel

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has  joined the panel at Legal & General...

Buy to Let Club offering Precise exclusives

Precise Mortgages has launched two new buy-to-let fixed rate products exclusively through Buy to...

SimplyBiz partners with Guardian Financial Services

SimplyBiz has secured a multi-year partnership deal with Guardian Financial Services. Guardian Financial Services re-entered...

The Swansea BS partners with TBMC

The Swansea Building Society has team up with TBMC to offer its buy-to-let and...

Secure Trust Bank expands distribution

Secure Trust Bank Mortgages has expanded its distribution with Julian Harris Adviser Networks. Secure Trust...

COMMENT

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

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Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage...

First-time buyers turning to side hustles to bridge deposit gap

Almost half of aspiring first-time buyers are using secondary income streams to help fund...

Vida cuts residential rates and loosens criteria for self-employed and contractor borrowers

Vida has reduced selected residential mortgage rates by up to 106 basis points and...

Iress adds AI underwriting tool to The Exchange in protection push

Iress has struck a deal with The Interesting Life Company to offer an AI-powered...

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