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The Saffron seeks to strengthen intermediary presence

Saffron Building Society has launched a new intermediary website, which is being supported by...

Ingard network selects the Source

Source Insurance has been appointed as a preferred supplier to the Ingard network for...

FSCS opens door to Honister Capital clients

Certain claims previously rejected against Honister Capital can now be reconsidered. Honister Capital, which includes...

AFI offers new seven-day special

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) has unveiled a new 'seven-day spring special', available exclusively through...

Tenet launches social media initiative

Tenet has introduced a compliance-approved social media framework for its advisers. This follows the group’s...

AMI sees advice as being more crucial than ever

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has published its latest Quarterly Economic Bulletin which...

Scottish Widows makes key intermediary appointment

Scottish Widows has appointed Esther Dijsktra as head of intermediary protection propositions. She lead the...

NatWest IS to accept Help to Buy and NewBuy applications

NatWest Intermediary Solutions will be accepting mortgage applications from intermediary clients using the Help...

Pink conferences want stronger lender-adviser relationships

Pink is holding a series of business development conferences around the country this month...

TenetLime outlines adviser roadshow schedule

TenetLime has published details of an eight-strong schedule of mortgage, GI and protection roadshows...

“Building societies showing the way” says packager

Solent Mortgage Services (SMS) has said the recent move by Melton Mowbray Building Society...

First Complete increases AR numbers by 10%

First Complete is celebrating its third birthday under LSL Property Services and April has...

25th anniversary for Stonebridge Group

Mortgage and protection network Stonebridge Group is celebrating reaching its 25th birthday. Starting life as...

Julian Harris renews relationship with Berkeley Alexander

Berkeley Alexander is continuing as a preferred supplier of general insurance to the Julian...

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

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,...

Saffron expands expat landlord range and eases residential income criteria

Saffron for Intermediaries has broadened its specialist mortgage criteria with new expat HMO products...

Gable zero-deposit mortgages added to Twenty7tec sourcing platform

Twenty7tec has added Gable Mortgages to its RESEARCH platform, making the lender's zero-deposit residential...

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