Distribution

TML partners with Active Investments

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has added Active Investments to its network of distribution partners. Berkshire...

Paragon to pay product switch proc fee

Paragon Mortgages has become the latest lender to introduce procuration fees for brokers. It will pay a...

Openwork reveals network’s ‘number one firm’

Openwork has revealed that Just Mortgages was its number one mortgage firm in the...

Sesame and PMS launch Skipton exclusive

Sesame and PMS have launched an exclusive two year fixed rate mortgage product to...

Magellan deals to be distributed by Brilliant Solutions

Magellan Homeloans is to distribute its range of mortgage products via Brilliant Solutions.  Directly authorised...

The Mortgage Lender partners with Ingard

The Mortgage Lender has added Essex and Chester-based Ingard to its list of distribution...

TMA Mortgage Club partners with Twenty7Tec

TMA Mortgage Club is now offering its club members access to Twenty7Tec's systems. Twenty7Tec Group is...

Magellan partners with Connect for Intermediaries

Magellan Homeloans is to distribute its range of mortgage products via the specialist mortgage...

Sainsbury’s Bank unveils mortgage offering

Sainsbury’s Bank is launching residential home purchase mortgages and remortgages for first time buyers,...

PMS Mortgage Club teams up with Vida Homeloans

PMS has added Vida Homeloans to its panel. The specialist lender's range of residential and buy-to-let...

The Leeds expands intermediary lending team

The Leeds Building Society has made an addition to its business development team. Nirver Randhawa...

Adviser milestone passed at Openwork

Openwork has passed the 2,000 adviser mark in its core network for the first time...

Platform reveals retention process

Platform has become the latest lender to launch a new mortgage retention process for intermediaries. Intermediaries will...

Positive Lending appoints director of mortgages

South coast based packager, Positive Lending, has appointed Stephanie Charman as its director of mortgages. ...

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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