Distribution

Openwork becomes M&S mortgage distributor

M&S Bank is expanding its mortgage network with the appointment of Openwork. This follows its...

DAs to access UTB products via SimplyBiz Mortgages

United Trust Bank (UTB) is now offering its range of second charge loans and...

Sainsbury’s Bank adds Sesame to broker panel

Sesame has become the latest broker partner for Sainsbury's Bank. The bank provides a range...

Falcon Bridging Finance partners with Positive Lending

Falcon Bridging Finance has selected Positive Lending as its latest financial intermediary. Intermediaries submitting enquiries...

Legal & General Mortgage Club partners with nine lenders in H1

Legal & General Mortgage Club has revealed that during the first half of 2018, it...

L&G to distribute the Marsden’s Family Step range

The Marsden Building Society has teamed up exclusively with Legal and General to offer...

New Paragon buy-to-let exclusives for 3mc

3mc has unveiled new exclusive buy-to-let products with Paragon Bank on the lender’s portfolio...

OneFamily Advice partners with Finance Planning Group

OneFamily Advice is to offer holistic retirement planning through a Finance Planning Group partnership. OneFamily...

It pays more to work on specialist cases

Research commissioned by Pepper Money as found that brokers earn more money per hour...

Metro Bank ups rate switching procuration fee

Metro Bank has increased its rate switching procuration fee by 50%. From today, brokers will...

New NED for Stonebridge Group’s Revolution board

Stonebridge Group is adding a new non-executive director (NED) to the board of Revolution,...

Vernon and Tenet Group in distribution deal

Vernon Intermediaries and Tenet Group have partnered to provide Tenet’s advisers with access the...

Secure Trust Bank offers 90% LTV exclusives

Secure Trust Bank Mortgages has launched new products at 90% LTV, exclusively with specialist...

Together partners with Brilliant Solutions and Mortgage Support Network

Specialist lender Together has expanded its distribution by partnering with Brilliant Solutions mortgage club...

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...

Latest news

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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