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The Nottingham to hike proc fees

The Nottingham Building Society is to raise its procuration fees to 0.40% in January. The...

Ageas and Virgin Money agree insurance deal

Ageas UK and Virgin Money have teamed up to create a range of home...

Metro Bank expands intermediary lending area

Metro Bank has moved to widen its lending area for intermediaries. Brokers will...

PTFS restructure sees Neil Hoare depart

Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS) has merged its sales and marketing functions. As a...

TBMC unveils exclusive buy-to-let two-year fixes

TBMC has launched two new exclusive buy-to-let products with the Skipton Building Society. The products...

FCA: early days but RDR seems be working

The first stage of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) post-implementation review of the...

TFC Homeloans to package for CMC

TFC Homeloans is now an appointed packager for Cheshire Mortgage Corporation. The latter's products...

Smart Money moves into bridging finance

Smart Money will be adding full bridging support for intermediaries to its services from...

MCI Mortgage Club panel expands

Lloyds Banking Group has become the latest addition to the MCI Mortgage Club...

Landlords prefer intermediary distribution

Paragon Mortgages' latest landlord research has found that landlords prefer to source buy-to-let finance...

Brokers confident for 2015

A new survey has found that intermediaries are currently very confident about the future...

FCA consults over complaints handling

Financial services firms will no longer be able to use premium rate telephone numbers...

Skipton Intermediaries launches new build deals

Skipton Intermediaries has launched its first ever range of three intermediary-only products designed exclusively for...

Atom offers Skipton International exclusives

  All Types of Mortgages Ltd (AToM) has entered into a new relationship with Skipton...

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...

Latest news

Skipton cuts fixed rates and widens home mover range

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across its fixed mortgage range by an average...

Quantum Mortgages promotes Mihramane and Ajaib

Quantum Mortgages has made two internal promotions across its sales and completions teams as...

Complex incomes hindering aspiring Scottish buyers

More than half of Scottish adults with complex incomes who do not own a...

MAB adds three senior hires across marketing, finance and technology

Mortgage Advice Bureau has strengthened its executive team with three senior appointments spanning marketing,...

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