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Openwork expands lender panel

Danske Bank has joined Openwork's lender panel with immediate effect. The addition of the Copenhagen-headquartered bank,...

Complete FS staff member awarded at Expo

Attendees at Complete FS's recent Circus Big Top themed Expo saw the presentation of a special...

The Dudley offers network exclusive

The Dudley Building Society is offering an exclusive two-year fixed rate mortgage specifically for Openwork members...

The Loan Partnership expands second charge lender panel

The Loan Partnership has been added to Precise Mortgages' second charge loans preferred master...

Magellan launches direct-to-lender submission option

Magellan Homeloans is making its product range open to both appointed representatives and directly...

Bank of Ireland UK offers retention proc fee

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries is to offer a gross retention procuration fee of...

Atom Bank joins Connect panel

Connect for Intermediaries has added Atom Bank to its mortgage lender panel. The specialist buy-to-let...

TML expands distribution

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has added The Mortgage Partnership, Brilliant Solutions and the Julian...

Openwork hires recruitment & growth director

Openwork has announced the appointment of Stephen Wildgoose as recruitment & growth director. He has been...

Brightstar teams up with Axis Bank UK

Brightstar Financial has partnered with Axis Bank UK to help develop and expand its service. Axis...

Castle Trust completes first Express Service loan

Castle Trust has completed the first loan under its new Express Service in two...

Vida Homeloans begins ‘test and learn’ pilot

New specialist intermediary lender Vida Homeloans has embarked upon a pre-launch lending pilot in...

The Mansfield partners with Mortgage Intelligence

The Mansfield Building Society has been added to the Mortgage Intelligence panel of lenders....

SimplyBiz Mortgages teams up with Twenty7Tec

SimplyBiz Mortgages has partnered with Twenty7Tec Group to offer its club members access to the Twenty7Tec...

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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