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Personal Touch offers Skipton exclusive

Personal Touch Financial Services has access to an exclusive mortgage deal with Skipton Building...

Shawbrook Bank appoints new strategic partner

Shawbrook Bank has increased its network of strategic partners for commercial lending to...

Blacks Connect joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the addition of Blacks Connect to its conveyancing panel. ...

SMS claims 80% acceptance rate

Mortgage distributor Solent Mortgage Services (SMS) has claimed that that brokers using its services...

New deals from Abbey for Intermediaries

Abbey for Intermediaries has launched two new deals with no fee for borrowers with...

Abbey for Intermediaries brand to disappear

Santander has decided to bring all its intermediary product brands together under a new...

TBMC offers exclusive two-year tracker

TBMC has launched a new exclusive buy-to-let mortgage from Mortgage Trust. The initial rate...

Let Alliance added to Pink’s AR general insurance panel

Pink Network has added Let Alliance to its panel for general insurance products. ...

Positive Lending increases commission

Positive Lending is offering introducers increased commission during July. The Bournemouth-based specialist distributor and packager...

Paradigm offers lifetime offset from H&R

Paradigm Mortgage Service has launched a lifetime offset product with the Hinckley & Rugby...

New ‘high LTV’ range from Brilliant Solutions

Brilliant Solutions has secured new high LTV products from Newcastle Building Society and Precise...

Connect becomes ‘mortgage desk’ for Precise

Connect Mortgages has been appointed by Precise Mortgages to field enquiries directly from brokers...

Exclusive Melton Mowbray deal for PMS and Sesame

PMS members and appointed representatives (ARs) of Sesame's network now have access to...

Retention products “at odds with” principles of MMR

It is unlikely that retention products will satisfy client suitability principles in the post...

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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