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MPowered Mortgages partners with PRIMIS Mortgage Network

MPowered Mortgages has partnered with PRIMIS Mortgage Network, which means that PRIMIS advisers will...

Reshuffle following completion of The Loan Partnership acquisition

Following the announcement in May that Pivotal Growth had agreed to purchase The Loan...

Standard Life Home Finance partners with St. James’s Place

Standard Life Home Finance has announced a strategic partnership with St. James’s Place, increasing...

Legal & General offers product exclusive to SmartrFit users

Legal & General has introduced a product exclusive for users of its SmartrFit tool...

Sesame Bankhall Group makes three senior internal appointments

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has announced three senior internal appointments to help drive the...

Stonebridge improves Compliance Operating Model

Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has launched a further enhancement to its...

Brilliant Solutions removes upfront bridging and commercial fees

Brilliant Solutions has revised its bridging and commercial offering to ensure clients pay no...

Brightstar to hold free broker webinars

Brightstar Financial has introduced a series of free webinars to provide brokers with the...

Paradigm to host next Power of 8 webinar series

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced it will be hosting a Power of 8 webinar...

Paradigm Protect adds Cirencester Friendly to panel

Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition, has added Cirencester Friendly’s range of Income...

Standard Life Home Finance joins Mortgage Advice Bureau panel

Standard Life Home Finance has joined the Mortgage Advice Bureau later life lender panel....

Stonebridge invests in new promotions approval tech

Stonebridge has developed and launched new technology for financial promotions submission, approval, and management...

Bridge Help joins Finova’ lender panel

Specialist short-term finance provider, Bridge Help, has joined the Finova Payment and Mortgage Services...

Enra merges Vantage and Enterprise

Enra Specialist Finance has launched a new specialist finance broker, Aria Finance, by merging...

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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Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost?...

MIMHC makes final call as charity lunch nears capacity

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has made a final call for industry...

Virgin Money to move eligible product transfers to Nationwide from October

Virgin Money is changing its residential product transfer process, with some customers whose deals...

Skipton cuts fixed rates and widens home mover range

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

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