Distribution

Why the network model is not dead

Perhaps understandably there has been a lot of focus (once again) on the future...

Stonebridge unveils Revolution Touchpoint

Mortgage and insurance network Stonebridge Group has launched Revolution Touchpoint, a new marketing tool...

APFA publishes annual trends report

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has published its annual report The Financial...

TMA seeks to inspire the mortgage industry

TMA is embarking on a campaign to inspire the mortgage industry.  It has been talking to...

Fleet Mortgages further expands distribution

Fleet Mortgages has added network Intrinsic to its distribution panel. Advisers who are part of...

My Earnings Insurance added to Personal Touch panel

Cirencester Friendly’s income protection product, My Earnings Insurance, has been added to the Personal...

PMS launches with Newcastle BS Intermediary Services

PMS members now have access to Newcastle Building Society Intermediary Services’ (NBSIS) range of...

Complete FS impressed by Axis Bank

Complete FS has welcomed its new relationship with Axis Bank UK, the new buy-to-let...

Lighthouse adopts MortgageBrain Classic

Lighthouse Mortgage and Protection Solutions (LMPS) has selected MortgageBrain Classic as its preferred mortgage...

HomeLoan Partnership reveals CRM preview dates

HomeLoan Partnership (HLP) is inviting advisers to a preview of its new cloud-based CRM system.  With...

Mortgages for Business pilots buy-to-let for Axis Bank

Mortgages for Business has started an exclusive three-week pilot for new buy-to-let lender Axis Bank.  The pilot,...

FSE Manchester outlines lender exhibitors

Financial Services Expo (FSE) Manchester has revealed some of the intermediary lenders that will...

TFC Homeloans partners with Equity Release Supermarket

TFC Homeloans is expanding its current proposition to include a whole of market equity release...

L&G joins TMA protection panel

Legal & General has joined TMA’s protection panel, increases TMA’s panel to nine protection...

COMMENT

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

Latest news

TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has launched a brand refresh intended to reflect its...

IMLA guide explains why fixed mortgage rates can rise before Bank Rate moves

IMLA has published a report and five-minute guide to help advisers explain how swap...

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