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The Mansfield added to Sesame panel

Sesame has appointed the Mansfield Building Society to its lender panel. The Mansfield offers...

Honister ARs offered lifeline

Key Retirement Solutions and Annuity People have teamed up to offer support to appointed...

Lighthouse moves over to MortgageBrain

Lighthouse Group plc has adopted MortgageBrain as its preferred sourcing solution for its advisers. Lighthouse’s...

Metro Bank unveils intermediary mortgage proposition

Metro Bank is to pilot intermediary distribution for its residential mortgages. The pilot is with...

Firms fear costs of PI

44% of adviser firms affected by open-ended liability would like Professional Indemnity (PI) run-off...

Aviva and Tesco agree protection deal

Aviva has agreed an exclusive five-year deal with Tesco Bank to provide life protection...

Aviva added to First Complete income protection panel

First Complete has appointed Aviva to its income protection provider panel. The new Aviva...

AFH acquires another IFA firm

AFH Financial Group has acquired Specialist Solutions, a Cheltenham-based IFA with approximately £80 million...

Mortgage Intelligence enhances commercial proposition

Mortgage Intelligence has improved its commercial mortgage offering with the launch of a new...

Legal & General in new partnership with First Trust Bank

Legal & General and First Trust Bank has agreed a 'long term' joint distribution...

NatWest opens corporate range to DA clubs

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has widened the selection mortgages that directly authorised (DA) firms have...

AFI proc fees to be based on quality

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) is introducing changes to its procuration fee policy. This is believed...

Office expansion for Brightstar Financial

Brightstar Financial has taken more office space at its Brentwood head office. The...

Enterprise Finance in exclusive NACFB partnership

Enterprise Finance has entered into an exclusive partnership with the National Association of Commercial...

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

Halifax retains top spot in broker satisfaction survey

Halifax has once again been named the best overall lender for broker experience in...

Nationwide cuts switcher mortgage rates for existing borrowers

Nationwide is reducing rates across its switcher mortgage range for existing customers by up...

Hinckley & Rugby adds visa mortgage products to offering

Hinckley & Rugby for intermediaries has launched four two-year discount visa mortgage products across...

NatWest strengthens broker support with intermediary team expansion

NatWest has expanded its intermediary leadership team with the creation of two new corporate...

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