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Paymentshield extends MAB distribution deal

Paymentshield's distribution agreement with Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has now been extended to 2017. ...

Towergate sells John Charcol

Private equity business has bought Towergate Financial Group (TFG), which includes mortgage broker John...

TFC Homeloans secures CCA permissions from regulator

TFC Homeloans has been granted full CCA permissions by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)....

LMS partners with Metro Bank

LMS is to undertake general panel management for Metro Bank. This will allow Metro...

Pink brokers get free SMP membership

All Pink network advisers have been given free membership of Society of Mortgage Professionals...

Fleet Mortgages expands distribution

Directly authorised (DA) members of Legal & General Mortgage Club will have now have...

Paradigm in Scottish registration drive

Paradigm Mortgage Services will be exhibiting at this week’s Financial Services Expo (FSE) Glasgow...

Why introducers are crucial to your business development

I’m sure we’d all agree that developing an advisory business, and bringing in clients,...

Broker confidence in intermediary market on the rise

Broker confidence has been building, with figures in the final quarter of 2014 closer...

NatWest IS to make widespread rate cuts

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is making rate reductions across the vast majority of its residential mortgage range...

TFC Homeloans on recruitment drive

Specialist packager TFC Homeloans is looking to hire a new sales team to manage...

Coventry Intermediaries cuts rates by up to 20 bps

Coventry Intermediaries has reduced its mortgage rates by 0.20 percentage points. New deals include the...

Foundation Home Loans launches into buy-to-let market

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has unveiled its buy-to-let proposition today. It will be distributed exclusively through the intermediary...

Buy-to-let boom predicted for 2015

Complete FS believes 2015 will be a bumper year for the buy-to-let market. The the...

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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