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Network appoints development manager

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gareth Finney to the role of development...

Merger agreed between well-established packagers

TFC Homeloans and Solent Mortgage Services are to merge. Managing director of SMS, Ian Balfour, will...

TMA adds Marsden to lender panel

TMA Mortgage Club members now have access to Marsden Building Society’s Lending Solutions which include residential,...

The Mortgage Lender expands panel

The New Leaf Distribution network has added The Mortgage Lender (TML) to its panel. The...

Saffron For Intermediaries added to Mortgage Intelligence panel

Saffron For Intermediaries has made its full range of mortgage products available via Mortgage...

Magellan now on SimplyBiz Mortgages’ panel

Magellan Homeloans has joined the SimplyBiz Mortgages lender panel. All SimplyBiz Mortgage Members will...

Landbay offers retention procuration fee

Landbay has announced its introduction of a retention fee. Intermediaries will now receive a...

TFC unveils broker reward scheme

TFC Homeloans has launched a loyalty reward scheme for brokers called myTFC. Once set up, brokers and...

Positive Lending partners with Magellan Homeloans

Positive Lending is to support Magellan Homeloans' launch of its fees assisted packager exclusive...

Platform ups loan to income ratio

Platform has increased the loan to income ratio for qualifying mortgage applicants.  The intermediary mortgage brand...

TMP celebrates 20th anniversary

The Mortgage Partnership (TMP) is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a rebrand and a...

The Darlington joins SimplyBiz Mortgages panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has revealed that the Darlington Building Society has joined its lender panel....

PMS Mortgage Club expands lender panel

The Hanley Economic Building Society has joined PMS's lender panel. Its range of residential and...

Magellan offers exclusive packager fee deals

Magellan Homeloans has introduced a range of mortgages with no up-front fees which are...

COMMENT

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...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

Latest news

SortRefer marks 17 years with record month for instructions and completions

SortRefer has marked its 17th anniversary after reporting its strongest monthly performance to date...

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates on selected new business deals

The Mortgage Works is cutting selected buy-to-let and let-to-buy rates by up to 0.20...

Primis promotes three in push to expand recruitment and regional broker support

Primis has promoted three senior executives as it seeks to recruit more adviser firms...

Santander cuts higher LTV rates for first-time buyers and home movers

Santander is cutting selected fixed mortgage rates across its first-time buyer, home mover and...

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