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Clever Lending added to Family BS panel

Clever Lending has been selected by the Family Building Society as a packager for...

Openwork agrees deal with Criteria Hub

Criteria Hub has signed an agreement with Openwork, to provide the network's advisers with...

Openwork recruits 160 mortgage advisers in Q1

Openwork added 160 mortgage advisers to its membership in the first quarter of 2018. This...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network expands lender panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced that the Post Office's mortgage range,...

Accord Mortgages unveils free broker business support guides

Accord Mortgages has published the first in a set of free support guides designed...

InterBay partners with Intrinsic

InterBay Commercial has launched a new network partnership with Intrinsic Financial Services as part of...

Just Mortgages reaches Openwork milestone

Just Mortgages has become the top firm in Openwork. In under two years of being...

Foundation Home Loans unveils packager exclusive five-year fix

Foundation Home Loans has introduced a five-year fixed rate, available exclusively through its key...

The Mansfield expands Versatility offering

The Mansfield Building Society has extended its specialist lending brand, Versatility and launched eight...

The Cambridge in buy-to-let partnership with Legal & General Mortgage Club

The Cambridge Building Society is partnering with Legal & General Mortgage Club to offer...

Five new intermediary exclusives from the Skipton

Skipton Intermediaries has launched five new intermediary only products including a two-year tracker free...

Fluent Money Group launches first charge lending services business

Fluent Money Group has launched Fluent Mortgages Ltd to provide specialist first charge lending...

PMS and Sesame team up with Post Office for Intermediaries

PMS and Sesame have become the first new mortgage club and network to add...

Personal Touch expands second charge panel

Vantage Finance has become the latest addition to Personal Touch’s panel. The specialist master broker...

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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