Distribution

First Complete secures Leeds exclusives

First Complete is offering its network members two exclusive products from Leeds Building Society. A...

New phone service from deVere UK

DeVere United Kingdom has launched a telephone-based financial planning service. The 'Direct Financial Planning...

Consumers planning to avoid advice post-RDR

32% of consumers are likely to do their own financial planning and product research...

Sharp rise in AR numbers at Stonebridge

Stonebridge Group has reported a 24% increase in the number of appointed representative (AR)...

Business boost for Complete FS

Complete FS has seen an increase of over 63% in new business levels over...

Enness offers pair of exclusive fixes

Enness Private Clients has launched two exclusive, two-year fixed rates for purchase and mortgages. The...

AFI offers seven-day broker special

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) is tomorrow (23 November) launching an intermediary seven day special...

Pink revamps DA offering

Pink is relaunching its proposition to directly authorised (DA) mortgage and protection advisers. It includes...

The Cambridge unveils exclusive two-year fix

The Cambridge Building Society has launched exclusive fixed rate residential and buy-to-let products for...

CDS launches broker CRM system for Outlook

Client Data Systems (CDS) Group has unveiled a Microsoft Outlook-based mortgage CRM system for...

SMS offers whole of market bridging solution

Solent Mortgage Services (SMS) has embarked upon an exclusive joint venture to market the...

AFI cuts fixed mortgage rates and unveils exclusive

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) has reduced rates on a selection of its fixed rate...

MMR does not stop higher-risk lending, says FSA

Mortgage market stakeholders are likely to see further changes in a number of areas...

SBG distribution MD to depart

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) managing director of distribution, Nick Kelly (pictured), is leaving the...

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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