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Secure Trust Bank widens distribution

Secure Trust Bank Mortgages has embarked upon a new partnership with Brilliant Solutions. Brokers can...

Masthaven extends Bridging Plus distribution

Masthaven has announced the roll-out of its Bridging Plus short-term lending product to the...

The Right Mortgage holds National Training Event

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network held its largest and "most successful" bi-annual National...

FSE: regulator pressured over mortgage cost comparison data

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was repeatedly asked to justify its mortgage cost comparison...

Complete FS to hold Silver Jubilee Expo

Complete FS celebrates its 25th year of continuous service to the intermediary market this year and...

New BTL exclusive from Leek United Building Society

The Leek United Building Society has launched a two-year, buy-to-let fixed rate product available...

Secure Trust Bank strikes deal with Connect for Intermediaries

Secure Trust Bank has joined the panel of Connect for Intermediaries' mortgage network and...

Landbay partners with Legal and General Mortgage Club

Landbay has announced a new partnership with Legal and General Mortgage Club to provide...

NatWest Intermediary Solutions reintegrates with RBS Intermediary Partners

RBS Intermediary Partners (RBSIP) has reintegrated with NatWest Intermediary Solutions (NWIS). It means NatWest branded...

InterBay joins with TMA to provide new club partnership

InterBay Commercial, part of OneSavings Bank plc (OSB), has launched a new club partnership...

Vida extends second charge distribution

Vida Homeloans is extending distribution of its second charge mortgage range through master brokers....

Promise to offer Vida second charges

Promise Specialist Lending has added Vida Homeloans to its second charge panel.   Vida’s criteria highlights...

Intrinsic joins Sainsbury’s Bank broker panel

Sainsbury’s Bank has announced that Intrinsic has become its latest broker partner. The firm joins a...

Paradigm & Foundation Home Loans in open banking pilot

Foundation Home Loans has partnered with Paradigm Mortgage Services to offer its residential products...

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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