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InterBay partners with Legal & General Mortgage Club

InterBay Commercial has partnered with Legal & General Mortgage Club. Club members will be able...

Laybourne Finance becomes latest Shawbrook strategic partner

Specialist lending brokerage Laybourne Finance has joined Shawbrook’s strategic broker panel. Laybourne Finance was formed in...

Paradigm adds private bank to panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added private bank, Hampden & Co, to its lender panel. Selected...

Complete FS improves in-house direct lender-broker interface

Complete FS has supplemented its existing in house underwriting service and on any working...

3mc launches Help to Buy exclusives with Precise Mortgages

3mc has launched a range of exclusive Help to Buy products with Precise Mortgages. The...

The Swansea partners with wealth management firm for mortgages

The Swansea Building Society has joined forces with St. James’s Place to offer its...

The Mortgage Lender unveils exclusives

The Mortgage Lender has introduced exclusive deals for its club and network distribution partners...

Bank of Ireland UK extends new build to all brokers

Bank of Ireland UK is rolling out its new build proposition following a pilot. New...

Gatehouse Bank joins SimplyBiz Mortgages’ panel

Gatehouse Bank has become the latest lender to join SimplyBiz Mortgages’ panel. Gatehouse Bank offers...

Accord offers broker online review service

Accord Mortgages has introduced a new online review generator with the aim of helping...

Saffron For Intermediaries partners with Positive Lending

The Saffron Building Society has revealed a new distribution partnership with Positive Lending. The relationship...

The Loan Partnership to distribute Vida seconds range

Vida Homeloans has added The Loan Partnership to its second charge master broker panel. The...

TML partners with Legal & General Mortgage Club

The Mortgage Lender and Legal & General Mortgage Club are joining forces to distribute...

NatWest range changes include new semi-exclusives

NatWest is reintroducing two-year semi-exclusive deals for both purchases and remortgages. There are also rate...

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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