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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...

Strong rise in intermediary mortgage market confidence

Mortgage intermediaries’ confidence about the prospects for the mortgage market has risen significantly, according...

FS firms need to meet digital demands of customers

Consumer expectations of financial services have changed substantially following the 'digital revolution', according to...

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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