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TSB Intermediary to offer remortgages

TSB Intermediary is expanding its mortgage range to include remortgages. In order to meet broker...

New masterclasses from Tenet

Tenet has launched its schedule of adviser ‘masterclasses’ for 2015. The themes were determined...

Paradigm added to Fleet Mortgages’ panel

Fleet Mortgages has added Paradigm Mortgage Services to its distribution panel.  Member firms of Paradigm...

TBMC launches new 80% LTV buy-to-let exclusives

TBMC has launched two new buy-to-let fixed rate mortgages with Mortgage Trust. There is a...

APFA reveals new member

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has announced that professional adviser network Personal...

Pink to quiz new advisers over IP provision

The Pink Network is from now on to ask anyone looking to join it...

Newest network teams up with Best Insurance

The Right Mortgage and Protection network has partnered with Best Insurance. The Right Mortgage...

Sesame unveils BTL deals with State Bank of India

Appointed representatives (ARs) of the Sesame network now have access to State Bank of...

£10m together for Vantage Finance and Shawbrook

Vantage Finance has revealed that in February it wrote over £10m of loans with...

Foundation Home Loans tweaks criteria

Foundation Home Loans (FHL), which launched its first buy-to-let product portfolio to the intermediary market...

HSBC expands access to its buy-to-let range

HSBC buy-to-let mortgages are now available to HSBC Advance and Premier customers, subject to...

Vantage Finance secures full CCA permissions

Vantage Finance has been granted full CCA permissions by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA),...

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...

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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