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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...

Networks should control own conveyancing operations

Broker Conveyancing has called on networks to take control of their conveyancing propositions in...

‘Know your broker’ is changing face of DA market

The Know your Broker initiative is having a real effect on directly authorised advisers...

Paul Welch opens Singapore operation

Paul Welch, CEO of Largemortgageloans.com and founder of MillionPlus Private Finance, has hired Carl...

Precise Mortgages revamps home owner proposition

Precise Mortgages has simplified its Home Owner range. Rates have been cut and now start...

Mortgages for Business launches Metro Bank BTL exclusives

Mortgages for Business is now offering two exclusive buy-to-let mortgage products from Metro...

H&R BS exclusive for Mortgage Intelligence Holdings

Mortgage Intelligence Holdings has launched an exclusive Hinckley & Rugby Building Society two year...

Stonebridge makes good start to the year

Stonebridge Group, the mortgage and insurance network, has made a strong start to 2013...

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,...

Latest news

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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