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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...

SBG pulls wealth firm AR option

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has announced an update to its ongoing strategic review. It will...

Fleet Mortgages expands distribution

SimplyBiz Mortgages has added Fleet Mortgages to its panel of lenders. All SimplyBiz Mortgages members...

AMI slams FCA fee hike proposals

The Association of Mortgages has responded with anger to the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA)...

Connect hires its first field BDM


Connect Mortgage Club (CMC) has appointed Diogo Fernandes as its first field business development manager...

The Mansfield: brokers still want individual underwriting

A recent survey by the Mansfield Building Society of its own mortgage introducers has...

TFC Homeloans add Castle Trust to panel

Castle Trust has been appointed to TFC Homeloans’ lender panel. It will offer its range...

Sesame joins Fleet Mortgages’ panel

Fleet Mortgages has added adviser network, Sesame, to its distribution panel. Sesame becomes the...

HomeLoan Partnership expands panel

HomeLoan Partnership has appointed the Market Harborough Building Society to its lender panel. The Market Harborough says...

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,...

Latest news

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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