Distribution

Openwork Partnership appoints COO

The Openwork Partnership has appointed Frank Meere as chief operating officer (COO). Meere (pictured)...

CHL Mortgages partners with Mortgage Intelligence

CHL Mortgages has partnered with Mortgage Intelligence to increase its distribution footprint for both...

Selina Finance joins Brilliant Solutions’ panel

Selina Finance has joined the lender panel of mortgage club Brilliant Solutions. Its flexible second...

HL Partnership to hold face-to-face national conference

HL Partnership will be holding its first face-to-face annual conference for almost two years,...

West One joins MCI lender panel

MCI mortgage club has added the bridging and buy-to-let divisions of West One Loans...

Zephyr Homeloans extends 80% LTV access

Zephyr Homeloans is extending access to its 80% LTV standard mortgage products to all...

Uinsure partners with Open Money

Uinsure has launched a partnership with financial advice business, Open Money. The partnership will see...

West One’s BTL range available to PRIMIS members

West One Loans has been appointed to the PRIMIS Mortgage Network panel. The lender has...

L&G Mortgage Club offers pair of Landbay semi-exclusives

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced two new semi-exclusive, buy-to-let mortgage products for...

Brilliant Solutions adds LV= to panel

Brilliant Solutions' members now have access to LV= lifetime mortgage products. With access to LV=...

Castle Trust Bank joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Castle Trust Bank to its lender panel. Members of the...

Significant growth in lenders’ intermediary distribution

Iress’ tenth annual Mortgage Efficiency Survey has found that over the last year, UK...

TRM network launches adviser development training hub

The Right Mortgage Network has introduced a new training hub aimed at developing advisers’...

Brilliant Solutions becomes UTB distribution partner

Brilliant Solutions' Directly Authorised brokers and its members now have direct to lender access to...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

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...

Latest news

ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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