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The Holmesdale joins TMA lender panel

TMA Club has added The Holmesdale Building Society to its lender panel. Club members now...

Skipton International increases non-panel proc fees

Skipton International is increasing the procuration fees offered to all non-panel brokers to 0.60%. The...

Paradigm appoints preferred specialist lending partner

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added master broker, The Loan Partnership, to its panel as a...

The Leeds extends retention proc fee offering

Following a pilot with Connells and LSL, the Leeds Building Society will now pay...

Shawbrook welcomes new strategic broker partner

Hive Financial has become the latest Strategic Broker Partner for Shawbrook Bank. The firm is a...

LSL Group offers exclusive five-year buy-to-let fix

LSL Group is offering two, five-year fixed rate exclusive buy-to-let products with the Leeds...

New Strategic Partner for Shawbrook Bank

Brooklands Commercial Finance has become a Strategic Partner of Shawbrook Bank. It has been a commercial...

PMS partners with the Holmesdale

PMS Mortgage Club has added Holmesdale Building Society to its lender panel. The move means...

West One added to Smart Money panel

Finance broker Smart Money has added West One Loans to its second charge lending...

SimplyBiz Mortgages adds FHL to panel

Foundation Home Loans has joined SimplyBiz Mortgages’ lender panel. SimplyBiz Mortgages members will have direct...

The Teachers widens lending to all occupations

The Teachers Building Society is increasing the availability of its mortgage service by lending...

Together hires regional development director for Scotland

Together has appointed a new regional development director as it expands its distribution in...

Engage with ‘robo advice’, brokers told

Advisers have been urged to to embrace ‘robo advice’ in order to help retain...

Brightstar unveils new website

Brightstar Financial has launched a new website, which has been designed to make it easier...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Latest news

ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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