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The Ipswich expands intermediary team

The Ipswich Building Society has appointed a new business development manager. Andrew Sadler...

The Furness BS joins MCI panel

The Furness Building Society has joined MCI Mortgage Club’s panel. The lender has been in...

Brilliant Solutions appoints intermediary sales head

Brilliant Solutions has announced the expansion of its broker support team with two appointments...

NatWest IS shakes up buy-to-let offering

NatWest Intermediary Solutions will be introducing a number of new 70% buy-to-let mortgages for...

Completions growth at First Complete

First Complete has reported that its mortgage completions for the first quarter 2015 were...

The Ipswich joins L&G Mortgage Club

The Ipswich Building Society is now part of the Legal & General Mortgage Club. The mutual...

The Leeds expands its intermediary team

The Leeds Building Society has restructured its intermediary team. It will come under the leadership...

PMS and Sesame launch Buckingham BS exclusive

PMS members and Sesame appointed representatives (ARs) now have access to a new exclusive...

Brokers warned to protect customer data

Law firm Moore Blatch has warned brokers that they could be hit with compensation claims in...

March was best month for intermediaries in eight years

Buy-to-let lending in the first quarter of 2015 increased by almost 20% year-on-year, outpacing residential lending which...

Paradigm announces lender and provider award winners

Paradigm Mortgage Services has revealed the first 2015 quarterly winners of its lender and provider awards. The...

Saffron For Intermediaries hires telephone-based BDM

Saffron For Intermediaries has appointed Lewis Wheeler as a telephone-based business development manager. Wheeler (pictured)...

Paradigm accesses adverse BTL deals from Precise Mortgages

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced its members now have exclusive access to two buy-to-let...

Openwork unveils structured Chartered Status study programme

Openwork is to offer its advisers a structured programme to take them to Chartered...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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First-time buyer squeeze deepens as mortgage rates climb

First-time buyers with small deposits face mounting pressure as average mortgage rates rise and...

Mortgage costs push sales 9% lower

Higher mortgage rates have contributed to a sharper-than-usual summer housing slowdown, with sales agreed...

Access FS appoints Alan Baldwin as compliance director

Access Financial Services has appointed Alan Baldwin as director of compliance as it expands...

Mortgage-backed Swansea auction sale completes in six days

A mortgage-financed property purchase in Swansea has completed six days after the draft contract...

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