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Crystal Specialist Finance unveils new BDM

Crystal Specialist Finance has continued to expand its ranks by announcing a further recruit...

LiveMore partners with Positive Lending

LiveMore has expanded its distribution with a new partnership with Positive Lending. Specialising in mortgage...

Fluent Money to offer MPowered Mortgages’ prime residential range

MPowered Mortgages has partnered with Fluent Money, which was recently acquired by Mortgage Advice...

LiveMore joins Sesame and PMS lender panels

LiveMore has been appointed by Sesame Bankhall Group to its 100-strong lender panel. The move...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network hires compliance manager

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Dean Clark as compliance manager. He has...

LSL reports record mortgage lending for H1 2022

LSL’s financial services division has reported record mortgage lending volumes during the first half...

Finova partners with Quantum Mortgages

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has partnered with specialist buy-to-let lender Quantum Mortgages. Quantum Mortgages...

Iress adds Shepherds Friendly to The Exchange

Iress has announced that Shepherds Friendly's income protection products are now available on Iress’s...

Quantum Mortgages adds MAB to panel

Quantum Mortgages has expanded its distribution with the addition of Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB)...

Zephyr Homeloans adds TMG to key partner panel

Zephyr Homeloans has added The Money Group’s (TMG) network to its key partner panel....

Paradigm unveils ‘Summer School of Marketing’

Paradigm Mortgage Services has launched a new ‘Summer School of Marketing’ to support advisory...

Investec joins Primis lender panel

Primis Mortgage Network has revealed that Investec will be the first private bank to...

Norton Broker Services adds TAB to panel

Norton Broker Services has added bridging lender TAB to its panel of lenders. The...

Brilliant Solutions becomes new Zephyr Homeloans packager partner

Zephyr Homeloans has appointed Brilliant Solutions, the buy-to-let mortgage club for brokers, as a...

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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