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The Northview Group hires national account manager

The Northview Group, the parent company of Kensington and New Street Mortgages, has announced...

Just Mortgages unveils self-employed team

Just Mortgages is launching a new ‘self-employed’ division, to be run by Carl Parker, who...

Connect adds buy-to-let lender to panel

Connect for Intermediaries has added Axis Bank to its panel of mortgage lenders. 

 Connect’s...

The Mansfield extends shared ownership offering

The Mansfield Building Society has extended its geographical coverage and broker distribution for shared ownership...

Zurich outlines Openwork divestment strategy

Zurich is to divest its 25% shareholding in the Openwork network within the next four...

The Mansfield offers new home mover deals

The Mansfield Building Society has unveiled four new products exclusively for existing borrowers moving home and...

Record year for L&G Mortgage Club

Legal & General Mortgage Club has reported growth of 15% in sales for 2015...

The Ipswich rewards loyal brokers

The Ipswich Building Society has launched its Prestige programme for 2016, the exclusive club...

Member milestone for Connect

Connect for Intermediaries now has over 100 Appointed Representative (AR) members. The specialist buy-to-let and commercial...

Kent Reliance hires national accounts head

OneSavings Bank has appointed Steve Seal as head of national accounts for its Kent...

Revenues up 33% at MAB

Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) plc has issued a pre-close trading update for its financial year...

TSB intermediary celebrates first 12 months

In the year since its launch, TSB Intermediary has welcomed over 18,000 new customers. It has...

Pink Network to hold ‘kick off’ meetings

Pink Network is is to host a new series of roadshows across the UK in...

Just Mortgages announces network switch

Just Mortgages, the financial advisory business of Spicerhaart, the UK’s largest independent estate agency...

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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