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The Skipton unveils three-year fixes

The Skipton Building Society is to launch a new range of intermediary-only three-year fixed...

TML offers new Premier Panel exclusive

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has introduced a new exclusive for members of its Premier...

Vernon BS added to Personal Touch panel

The Vernon Building Society has been appointed to Personal Touch’s mortgage panel.   The local society,...

Plenty of positives for networks

Given that this is being written on Friday the 13th you might think I’d...

Should there be a formal lender-client contact agreement?

JLM Mortgage Services has queried whether the time is now right for lenders to enter...

Right Mortgage & Protection Network hires national account manager

Kevin Williams has been appointed by the Right Mortgage & Protection Network as its national...

Openwork appoints two non-executive directors

    Openwork has appointed Ian Buchanan and Andy Smart as non-executive board directors. Ian Buchanan is...

Black Book Finance expands BDM team

Andy Morgan has joined Black Book finance as its business development manager  for the...

TML partners with Intrinsic

Intrinsic has become The Mortgage Lender’s (TML) latest network partner.  The Swindon-based firm was established...

Paul Nye to retire from 
Stonebridge Group

Stonebridge Group has announced that Paul Nye, its director of business partnerships, will retire...

Mortgage Brain adds master brokers to its seconds sourcing

Mortgage Brain has expanded the master brokers available to networks and companies, which now...

Buildloan joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced that BuildLoan, the provider of construction-based finance, has been added...

L&G Mortgage Club expands second charge panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has made two new appointments to its second charge...

Promise partners with West One Loans for seconds

Promise Solutions has added West One formally to its sourcing platform and made the...

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...

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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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