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Barclays joins MCI panel

Barclays has become the latest lender to join MCI Mortgage Club’s panel. Other panel lenders...

Networks can offer the best of both worlds

The network model, and the various variations of it, is constantly in the spotlight...

Pre-MMR confidence returning to broker community

The latest Halifax Intermediaries Broker Confidence Tracker Broker has revealed that confidence in the...

L&G celebrates 20 years of its mortgage club

Legal & General Mortgage Club is celebrating its 20th anniversary this week at the...

Profits up at the Dudley BS

The Dudley Building Society has reported its year end results with a £887,000 pre tax profit,...

TMA to hold DA conference series

TMA is to hold conferences for directly authorised advisers in five different locations around the...

Stonebridge Group secures investment from Shepherd Direct

Stonebridge Group has announced that Shepherd Direct, the national property services group, has acquired...

L&G broadens distribution with Intrinsic network

Legal & General has extended its partnership with the Intrinsic Financial Adviser Network, allowing...

Proc fee hike from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has increased procuration fees for directly authorised intermediaries. The mutual has increased the...

The Hinckley & Rugby unveils BTL exclusive

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has introduced an exclusive buy-to-let offset mortgage through London...

TFC expands Aldermore offering

Specialist packager TFC has added Aldermore to its panel of bridging lenders, expanding its...

Precise Mortgages launches debt management plans

Precise Mortgages has unveiled a new exclusive debt management plan (DMP) mortgage available through...

Three new BDMs for Metro Bank

Metro Bank has announced the appointment of three new field-based business development managers (BDMs) as...

The Dudley targets larger loans

The Dudley Building Society has unveiled three new products through its panel of distributor...

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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