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LSL Financial Services recruits director of strategic partnerships

Craig Hall has been appointed to director of strategic partnerships at LSL Financial Services. Hall...

April Mortgages completes rollout with SPF Private Clients

April Mortgages has rolled out its range of longer-term fixed rate mortgages to all...

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries joins Crystal panel

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has been appointed to Crystal Specialist Finance’s lender panel. The appointment...

West One joins L&C’s residential and BTL panels

West One Loans has been added to London & Country Mortgages’ (L&C) panel of...

MFS joins New Leaf lender panel

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has been added to New Leaf Distribution’s panel of lenders. ...

Perenna added to TMA lender panel

TMA has added Perenna Bank to its lender panel. It means that TMA intermediaries can...

Quilter partners with Uinsure

Quilter has announced a strategic partnership with Uinsure to provide its advisers with more...

Right Mortgage Network outlines autumn roadshow plans

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and DA Club has published details of its...

April Mortgages partners with Tembo Money

April Mortgages has formed a new strategic partnership with Tembo Money. Tembo Money is...

April Mortgages partners with Coreco

April Mortgages has announced a new partnership with Coreco. Coreco is a London-based provider of...

Mansfield BS moves into Scottish BTL market

Mansfield Building Society has announced its launch into the Scottish buy-to-let market. The lender will...

Equity Release Group partners with Royal London Equity Release

Equity Release Group (ERG) has announced a new partnership with Responsible Lending, the exclusive...

Source Insurance announces partnership with Fairstone

Source Insurance has announced a partnership with wealth management firm, Fairstone. This alliance enables...

Crystal Specialist Finance makes QA appointments

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has made two new appointments within its quality assurance (QA)...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

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...

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Skipton cuts fixed rates and widens home mover range

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across its fixed mortgage range by an average...

Quantum Mortgages promotes Mihramane and Ajaib

Quantum Mortgages has made two internal promotions across its sales and completions teams as...

Complex incomes hindering aspiring Scottish buyers

More than half of Scottish adults with complex incomes who do not own a...

MAB adds three senior hires across marketing, finance and technology

Mortgage Advice Bureau has strengthened its executive team with three senior appointments spanning marketing,...

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