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There are Brexit opportunities, claims Stonebridge Group

Stonebridge Group has called on mortgage and protection advisers to focus on the post-EU...

EXCLUSIVE: rebrand for specialist distributor

Brilliant Solutions has announced the rebranding of its business, the latest part in the distributor's transformation over...

Openwork reports profit for fourth consecutive year

Openwork has posted a profit for the fourth consecutive year, with an increase in...

SimplyBiz Mortgages expands secured loan panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced the addition of Prestige Finance, part of the One Savings...

TFC partners with TenetLime

TFC Homeloans has joined forces with TenetLime to offer Tenet’s appointed representatives increased access...

SimplyBiz Mortgages launches ‘MIP’ team

SimplyBiz Mortgages has created a new field-based 'MIP' (mortgages, insurance and protection) team, designed...

The Skipton cuts two and five-year fixes

The Skipton Building Society has cut rates by up to 0.20 percentage points across selected two and...

Virgin Money to pay retention proc fees

Virgin Money has confirmed it will be rolling out product-switching with procuration fees for...

Capricorn agrees five-year extension with Openwork

Openwork has announced that Capricorn Financial, its largest Appointed Representative (AR) by mortgage applications...

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries in TenetLime deal

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries has undertaken a new partnership with non-investment network TenetLime....

TFC partners with Bluestone

TFC Homeloans has joined forces with Bluestone Mortgages, enabling its brokers to access the lender’s...

Openwork expands lending panel

Kent Reliance has joined Openwork's growing lender panel. The addition of Kent Reliance, a brand of OneSavings...

Bluestone partners with Mortgage Intelligence

Bluestone Mortgages is partnering with network and mortgage club Mortgage Intelligence. The new partnership...

TenetLime welcomes 400th member

TAG Financial from Chatham in Kent, have become TenetLime’s 400th member. Lee Holland, TAG Financial's...

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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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