Distribution

MSS Group takes “significant” stake in Connect network

Mortgage & Surveying Services (MSS) has acquired a significant stake in Connect IFA Ltd,...

Tembo joins Proportunity broker panel

Tembo, the self-styled family-focused digital mortgage broker, has joined the broker panel at shared...

Paradigm works with AMI to support Ukraine Crisis Appeal

Paradigm has launched an emergency fundraising drive to support the Ukraine Crisis Appeal run...

Finova adds Norton Home Loans to panel

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has announced its partnership with specialist mortgage provider, Norton...

TMA Club hires key account manager

TMA Club has announced the appointment of Ronnie Molloy as key account manager. As part...

PMS and Sesame completions up 18%

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has reported that combined mortgage completions in 2021 through its...

Scottish Widows appoints intermediary distribution director

Scottish Widows has appointed Ranila Ravi-Burslem as its new intermediary distribution director, working across...

Norton Home Loans joins New Leaf lender panel

Norton Home Loans has been added to the lender panel of network New Leaf. Members...

TMA Club adds The Loan Partnership to panel

TMA Club has added master broker, The Loan Partnership, to its panel. Through the...

Paradigm Mortgage Services appoints senior relationship manager

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the appointment of a new senior relationship manager. Michael...

Vida to strengthen key partner relationships

Vida says it is to improve its sales proposition by moving to a focussed...

IMLA: good lender-broker relationships essential

The vast majority of lenders see advisers’ work as essential to helping non-standard borrowers,...

CSF to support Teenage Cancer Trust during 2022

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has confirmed Teenage Cancer Trust as its charity partner for...

Two senior appointments for Tenet&You

Tenet Group has appointed Simon Broadley as managing director of its owned adviser business,...

COMMENT

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

Latest news

SortRefer marks 17 years with record month for instructions and completions

SortRefer has marked its 17th anniversary after reporting its strongest monthly performance to date...

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates on selected new business deals

The Mortgage Works is cutting selected buy-to-let and let-to-buy rates by up to 0.20...

Primis promotes three in push to expand recruitment and regional broker support

Primis has promoted three senior executives as it seeks to recruit more adviser firms...

Santander cuts higher LTV rates for first-time buyers and home movers

Santander is cutting selected fixed mortgage rates across its first-time buyer, home mover and...

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