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The Mortgage Alliance expands lending panel

The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) has added Precise Mortgages to its lender panel. Through TMA, Directly...

Sesame Bankhall Group doubles trading profit

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) generated a trading profit in 2012 of £4.1 million, compared...

Tenet looks to secure 70 MHFS advisers

Tenet Group has stepped in with a rescue package to save Merchant House Financial...

New AFI seven-day special imminent

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) is to another seven day special tomorrow, available exclusively through...

Osborne schemes need brokers

First Complete has warned that for the Chancellor’s new Mortgage Guarantee and Help to...

Source Insurance teams up with Tenet

Source Insurance has been appointed as a preferred supplier of general insurance to the...

3mc offers exclusive investment property funding

Mortgage distributor 3mc has teamed up with Aldermore to offer more investment property funding...

Brightstar holds second Masthaven lender day

Brightstar Financial is holding its second Lender Day in association with Masthaven Bridging and...

New AFI ‘seven-day special’

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) will tomorrow (15 March) launch its latest 'seven-day special', available...

Sesame Bankhall Specialist Lending Services expands panel

Sesame Bankhall Specialist Lending Services (SBSLS) has added Shawbrook Bank (Shawbrook) to its...

L&G extends GI deal with the Newcastle

Legal & General's general insurance business has secured a five-year extension to the existing...

New ‘seven day special’ from AFI

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) will tomorrow (8 March) launch a new 'seven day special',...

Saffron creates dedicated intermediary channel

Saffron Building Society has launched a dedicated intermediary lending channel and a new range...

TBMC offers its lowest ever buy-to-let rate

TBMC has launched two new exclusive buy-to-let mortgages in conjunction with the Hinckley &...

COMMENT

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Final call for views on FCA mortgage reforms

The mortgage industry has until tomorrow to respond to Financial Conduct Authority proposals intended...

One in five borrow to fund private healthcare

Almost one in five people who recently accessed private healthcare used a credit card...

Digital mortgage ID checks unaffected by government U-turn

Digital identity verification used by mortgage lenders, brokers and other regulated firms is unaffected...

Family BS launches broker Mortgage Hub

Family Building Society has launched an online mortgage application platform designed to give brokers...

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