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SBSLS teams up with Shawbrook’s commercial division

Sesame Bankhall Specialist Lending Services (SBSLS) has added Shawbrook Bank’s commercial and short term...

SMS offers exclusive HMO product

Solent Mortgage Services (SMS) has launched a new buy-to-let HMO product in conjunction...

TenetLine expands panel

TenetLime has added Kent Reliance to its mortgage panel. Managing director, Gemma Harle, said the...

AFI overhauls mortgage range

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) will tomorrow cuts rates on a number of deals across...

New NatWest exclusives for Pink and First Complete

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has made a range of exclusives available to the Appointed Representatives...

TBMC launches new buy-to-let exclusive with Mortgage Trust

TBMC has launched a new exclusive buy-to-let mortgage from Mortgage Trust. The initial rate...

What DAs want

TMA recently hosted a focus group with a group of directly authorised mortgage and...

Are you treating yourself fairly?

For many advisers, the first few months of 2013 will have been as taxing...

Positive Lending unveils new low-priced short-term deal

Positive Lending has been selected to distribute a prime short-term lending product priced at...

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...

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

Conveyancing delays seen as biggest obstacle to smoother home moves

Conveyancing is viewed as a bigger barrier to a smooth property transaction than chains,...

Millions of households exposed to financial shocks despite apparent stability

Millions of UK households that appear financially secure could struggle to absorb an unexpected...

The Mortgage Hut adopts Instamo tool to speed up mortgage applications

The Mortgage Hut has introduced Instamo's FastSubmit technology to reduce the amount of manual...

FCA sets out timetable for major expansion of anti-money laundering supervision

The FCA expects to begin taking over anti-money laundering supervision of legal, accountancy and...

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