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Accord extends retention proc fee pilot

Accord Mortgages is broad ending its pilot scheme to pay brokers a procuration fee for...

Lender-broker relationship explored in new paper

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has published a new discussion paper, Insights into...

The Leeds to pay retention fees

The Leeds Building Society will introduce retention procuration fees later this year. The mutual will pay...

Kensington cuts packager rates

Mortgage distributor 3mc has confirmed that Kensington is cutting its rates on its specialist...

Vida Homeloans partners with Mortgage Intelligence

Vida Homeloans has been appointed to the Mortgage Intelligence panel of lenders for both...

NatWest IS to pay 20bps broker retention fee

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has become the latest lender to address the issue of retention...

Santander introduces minimum proc fee

Santander has made changes to its new business procuration fee policy. It has introduced a minimum procuration...

Key mortgage hire at HSBC

HSBC has appointed Jackie Uhi to the role of head of mortgage distribution. Uhi joins HSBC...

Pepper added to TMA lender panel

Pepper Homeloans is to market its specialist mortgages via The Mortgage Alliance (TMA).  TMA’s brokers will...

Kent Reliance partners with The Mortgage Alliance

Kent Reliance has teamed up with The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) to provide a direct submission...

Brilliant Solutions expands lender panel

The Brilliant Solutions mortgage club has joined the list of New Street's distribution partners.  This...

MCI expands lender panel

MCI Mortgage Club has announced the addition of both Kensington and New Street to...

It’s vital to evolve our business models

Anyone out there who delivers regular presentations or seminars will know that they can...

Mortgage Intelligence becomes H&R privileged partner

Mortgage Intelligence has been added to Hinckley & Rugby Building Society’s Privileged Partner panel....

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Stability is not a slowdown; it’s exactly what the bridging market needs

So, according to the recent Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) figures, bridging completions fell in Q2. Cue the usual hand-wringing. The headlines landed, the...

The rise of the silver pound

UK house prices may have cooled from their peak, but affordability pressures remain acute. Even with recent adjustments to interest rates, rising property values have...

Staggering stamp duty will make it easier for people to move

A proposal to spread stamp duty land tax payments across several years, in an effort to drive growth and boost the housing market, is...

Making Digital Sales Ready properties the norm, not the exception

Digital Sales Ready listings and upfront information have the potential to transform the home buying and selling journey, creating faster, more transparent transactions with...

Supercharging affordability: a broker’s tool for unlocking complex cases

If you could choose a superpower, what would it be? The ability to see the future? To slow down time? To get every case...

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Generation X faces retirement squeeze with smaller pensions than parents

Generation X risks becoming the first cohort to retire with less financial security than...

Leasehold reforms stall as sector warns of ‘real-world consequences’

The government is under mounting pressure to accelerate leasehold reform as the body representing...

Zoopla warns cost pressures mean housing targets are at risk

The government’s flagship target to deliver 1.5m new homes over the next five years...

UTB cuts bridging loan minimum and lowers regulated rates

United Trust Bank has unveiled a package of bridging loan changes aimed at making...