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NatWest’s Bullard seconded to new role

On Monday 9 February Mark Bullard, head of sales at NatWest Intermediary Solutions, will...

Openwork partners with Enterprise Finance

Openwork has signed a new partnership agreement with master broker Enterprise Finance. The network has around 3,000...

Pink makes income protection pledge

Every adviser in Pink's network is to now discuss income protection with their clients from...

The Bucks teams up with Vantage

Vantage Finance has added Buckinghamshire Building Society to its newly launched specialist mortgage packaging...

Paradigm expands lender panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added the Ipswich Building Society to its lender panel. The Ipswich...

Do your network homework

In the advisory world, networks are never too far from the news pages and...

New BTL exclusives for TBMC

TBMC has launched three new buy-to-let mortgages with Hanley Economic Building Society, none of...

Virgin Money unveils new deals

Virgin Money has launched a new mortgage range that is available through all intermediaries...

Landlord Centre teams up with the Hanley Economic

Landlord Centre has launched three new arrangement fee-free buy-to-let mortgages with Hanley Economic Building...

25 on Openwork’s new mortgage panel

Openwork has revealed the makeup of its new mortgage panel. In the last quarter of...

First deal done for Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has completed on its first loan. The mortgage application came through the...

L&G offers online TV channel for club members

Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched a new online TV channel, Mortgage Club TV. It is...

Uinsure made preferred GI provider by LMPS

Uinsure has been chosen by the new Lighthouse Mortgage & Protection Solutions (LMPS) proposition as...

Largemortgageloans.com partners with Julian Harris Network

Largemortgageloans.com has begun a new partnership agreement with Julian Harris Network to deliver its...

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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