Distribution

CSF partners with Pepper Homeloans

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has entered into a strategic partnership with Pepper Homeloans. Pepper has...

Kensington to launch with specialist distributors

Kensington has confirmed that it will be launching with specialist distributors next month. The lender will...

New Street partners with L&G Mortgage Club

New Street Mortgages has announced a new distribution partnership with Legal and General Mortgage...

Turnover and profits up at Brightstar

Specialist finance distributor Brightstar has reported that its turnover totalled £5.3m for the year...

Pepper expands packager panel

Promise Solutions has been selected as an approved packager by specialist lender Pepper Homeloans. The...

New Skipton exclusive for Sesame and PMS

Sesame and PMS have unveiled an exclusive fixed rate product to appointed representatives (ARs)...

National account hires for network

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Aidan McCarthy and Philip Emanuel as...

Complete FS expands lending panel

Specialist packager Complete FS has announced the addition of Bluestone Mortgages to its lending panel. Bluestone’s specialist...

Cupis begins work at Openwork 

Openwork has announced that John Cupis has now joined the network as mortgage director. Cupis, whose appointment...

Sesame offers pair of Virgin Money exclusives

Sesame has unveiled two exclusive fixed rate products to appointed representatives of its network via...

Openwork appoints chief operating officer

Openwork has announce the appointment of Neil Milner as its chief operating officer (COO). He joins...

TSB integrates mortgage distribution

TSB is to merge its intermediary and direct mortgage distribution teams. The bank claims the move will...

First Complete adds Kent Reliance to lender panel

Kent Reliance has been appointed to the First Complete lender panel. The specialist intermediary lender,...

SortRefer expands network distribution

Online intermediary platform SortRefer has revealed that its conveyancing panel will be providing service to  network,...

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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