Distribution

Complete FS expands lender panel

Complete FS has appointed Mansfield Building Society to its lender panel. The Mansfield does not...

SMS adds Hinckley & Rugby to panel

Solent Mortgage Services (SMS) has added Hinckley & Rugby Building Society to its lending...

Rise in mortgage business for Stonebridge Group

Stonebridge Group grew its home loan activity by almost a quarter last year. The...

New deals from the Nottingham

The Nottingham Building Society has launched eight new mortgage products. Rates have been reduced and all...

Smart Money partners with Masthaven

Smart Money Loans says it is the first secured loan partner to market Masthaven’s...

Ballpenny buys four IFA businesses

National wealth manager and IFA consolidator Bellpenny has completed the purchase of four IFA businesses. Combined...

Sesame Bankhall Group grows restricted advice proposition

Royal London has joined Sesame Bankhall Group's (SBG) range of product providers. Royal London...

Sesame Bankhall Group appoints distribution director

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has hired Stephen Gazard as its distribution director. Gazard will...

Masthaven moves into Scotland

Masthaven has announced that products from both Masthaven Bridging Finance and Masthaven Secured Loans...

The Cambridge unveils new range

The Cambridge Building Society is refreshing its complete residential mortgage range. This latest product range...

Sesame Bankhall Group launches new GI portal

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) will be rolling out a new General Insurance (GI) proposition...

Brightstar distributes new bridging tranche

Precise Mortgages is lending an extra £5 million tranche of bridging funding through distributor...

Connect adds Metro Bank to buy-to-let panel

Connect Mortgage Club has appointed Metro Bank to its specialist buy-to-let lender panel. Metro...

SBG finalises annual conference line-up

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has finalised the line-up of industry speakers for the Sesame...

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

The Cambridge relaunches interest-only fixed rate mortgages

The Cambridge has relaunched a selection of fixed rate mortgage products, including interest-only options...

Vernon BS adds free legals to selected remortgage deals

Vernon Building Society has partnered with Optimus to introduce a free legals service on...

Paragon launches tailored buy-to-let service for complex cases

Paragon Bank has launched a Tailored service to support buy-to-let mortgage applications that fall...

Castle Trust Bank adds AVMs to buy-to-let applications

Castle Trust Bank has introduced automated valuation models on eligible buy-to-let cases as part...

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