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Stafford Railway BS joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the appointment of Stafford Railway Building Society to its...

Right Mortgage Network joins AMI

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has joined the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI). Appointed...

Brightstar introduces Women Into Finance scheme

The Brightstar Group has launched a scheme to encourage young women into a career...

The Money Group launches ‘out of hours’ support for members

The Money Group has announced out of office support for brokers struggling in the...

Chorley BS joins Primis Mortgage Network

Chorley Building Society has joined the Primis Mortgage Network lender panel. The arrangement gives Primis...

Paradigm Protect adds LV= General Insurance to panel

Paradigm Protect has added the LV= range of General Insurance (GI) products to its panel. Member...

LiveMore partners with Mortgage Advice Bureau

LiveMore is continuing to expand its distribution by partnering with Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB). The...

Vida appointed to TMG’s club panel

Vida has been added to The Money Group’s (TMG) panel and will offer specialist...

Connect for Intermediaries offer its brokers SmartrFit+ tool

Connect for Intermediaries has become the first network to provide its brokers with access...

Vernon BS partners with Brilliant Solutions

Vernon Building Society has teamed up with Brilliant Solutions to provide the mortgage club’s...

Paradigm welcomes new mortgage helpdesk manager

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the appointment of a new mortgage helpdesk manager. Diane Jones...

Crystal Specialist Finance adds trio to sales team

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has bolstered its sales function with three new hires. Mollie...

eConveyancer partners with TMA Club for panel management

eConveyancer has launched a new panel management partnership with TMA Club. The deal provides Directly...

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services adds Hope Capital to panel

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has unveiled a partnership with specialist bridging loan provider,...

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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