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LMS partners with the Chorley

LMS has announced a partnership with Chorley Building Society. Founded in 1859, Chorley...

RDR has contracted the adviser market

There was much speculation in the lead-up to the implementation of the RDR about...

Connect Mortgage Club launches new Metro Bank BTL deals

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC) has launched new buy-to-let products through its partnership with Metro...

AFI cuts rates and unveils seven-day deal

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) has launched another 'seven day special', available exclusively through all...

Pink adds Investec to mortgage club panel

Pink has added Investec Professional Mortgages to its directly authorised mortgage club panel. This means...

SMS adds pair of mutuals lending panel

Solent Mortgage Services (SMS) has appointed two mutual lenders, Bath Building Society and the...

Tenet Group to distribute Metro Bank mortages

Metro Bank is partnering with Tenet Group, allowing Metro Bank mortgages to be available...

Hinckley & Rugby joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Hinckley & Rugby Building Society (HRBS) to its lender...

SBG to distribute Investec Professional Mortgages

Sesame Bankhall Group has added Investec Professional Mortgages to its panel of lenders for...

Openwork posts profit for first time

Openwork has posted its first ever profit as a standalone trading company. The network has...

L&G partners with the Hanley Economic

Legal & General and Hanley Economic Building Society have announced a new joint distribution...

Cambridge exclusive for PMS and Sesame

PMS members and appointed representatives of Sesame network now have access to two new,...

Don’t be daunted by the MMR

The Mortgage Market Review (MMR) may not come into force until April 2014, but...

Complete expands lender panel

Aldermore Residential Mortgages has become the latest intermediary focused lender to join the panel...

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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