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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

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...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

Latest news

Landbay adds 11 tracker products and cuts rates by up to 15bps

Landbay has expanded its buy-to-let tracker range with 11 new products and reduced rates...

Howden expands in North Wales with Wrexham office

Howden has opened its first commercial insurance office in Wrexham as the broker expands...

UK buyers reluctant to compromise despite affordability pressures

UK homebuyers remain committed to purchasing a property but are less willing than buyers...

Keystone trims buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 15bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced pricing across a number of its buy-to-let mortgage ranges,...

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