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Kent Reliance partners with SMS

Solent Mortgage Services (SMS) has added Kent Reliance to its mortgage lender panel. The Gosport-based...

Positive Lending breaks Precise record

Bournemouth-based specialist packager Positive Lending has completed 12 bridging cases with Precise Mortgages in...

High street mortgage lending recovers

High street lending has bounced back in 2013, according to the latest edition of...

SMS expands lender panel

Solent Mortgage Services (SMS) has added Aldermore to its lending panel. Ian Balfour, CEO at...

First Complete unveils Nottingham semis

The Nottingham Building Society has launched a semi-exclusive range of a dozen residential and...

PMS and Sesame join forces with Kent Reliance

PMS members and appointed representatives of Sesame network now have access to Kent...

The Leeds offers 95% LTV exclusive

LSL Property Services Group and Leeds Building Society have launched an exclusive 95% LTV...

First Complete breaks 500 adviser barrier

First Complete network now has over 500 appointed representatives for the first time since...

Stonebridge Mortgage Solutions sees stronger year-on-year performance

Stonebridge Mortgage Solutions, the directly authorised (DA) arm of Stonebridge Group, has outlined...

Personal Touch teams up with Market Harborough Building Society

Personal Touch has appointed the Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) to its mortgage panel....

SMS markets new GE Money range

SMS says it is is one of a small number of companies chosen to...

Brightstar reaches major completions milestone

Brightstar Financial has passed £100 million in completions in the eight months since the...

Do your homework

When was the last time that you checked what your club offered? Are...

Sesame ARs offered remortgage exclusive

Sesame network's appointed representatives (ARs) now have access to a new exclusive remortgage-only...

COMMENT

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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Buyer demand stabilises but mortgage market remains cautious

The UK housing market may be showing early signs of stabilisation but mortgage brokers...

Cooling rents could ease affordability pressures for first-time buyers

Slower rental growth and improving affordability across much of the UK could provide some...

ABS 2026 review: Global and UK issues cool the market

It’s that time of the year again when the world of wholesale funding descends...

HomeOwners Alliance appoints Sarah Tucker as lead mortgage commentator

HomeOwners Alliance has partnered with property and mortgage expert Sarah Tucker, who will become...

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