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Pink and TMA announce sales team changes

A series of new regional sales roles have been announced at Pink and TMA. TMA is...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts buy-to-let rates

Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced rates across its buy-to-let mortgage range at 65-75% LTV. Rates...

Cupis moves to Openwork

Openwork has announced the appointment of John Cupis as mortgage director. He joins Openwork from...

Cupis to leave Sesame Bankhall Group

John Cupis, managing director for mortgages at Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG), is to leave...

HSBC significantly broadens buy-to-let proposition

HSBC is making its buy-to-let range of mortgages available to non-HSBC customers for the...

HLP makes senior management appointment

HomeLoan Partnership (HLP) has announced the appointment of Martin Sims as development director. Sims joins from...

The Nottingham joins SimplyBiz panel

The Nottingham Building Society has joined the SimplyBiz Mortgages panel of lenders. All SimplyBiz...

TFC teams up with Mortgageforce

TFC Homeloans has joined forces with Mortgageforce to enable its members to access specialist...

BoI broadens intermediary distribution with Sesame deal

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries has partnered with Sesame Network, with its products now available to the...

New AR for Stonebridge Group

Darlington-based mortgage, protection and wealth advisers, i2i Financial Planning Group has become the latest major...

Network partners with Smart Money

ER Network has joined forces with packager Smart Money. ER Network was formed in 2005 as...

Broker business levels at seven-year high

The claimed average annual number of cases written by brokers has risen to 88,...

Vantage Finance expands lender network

Master broker Vantage Finance has announced two new additions to its lender panel. The firm is now...

Halifax Intermediaries simplifies product transfers and further advances

Halifax Intermediaries has unveiled a new single product range for further advances and product...

COMMENT

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...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

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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?...

MIMHC makes final call as charity lunch nears capacity

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has made a final call for industry...

Virgin Money to move eligible product transfers to Nationwide from October

Virgin Money is changing its residential product transfer process, with some customers whose deals...

Skipton cuts fixed rates and widens home mover range

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across its fixed mortgage range by an average...

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