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Dynamo expands bridging panel

Greenfield Mortgages has joined Dynamo for Intermediaries' panel of bridging lenders. The deal means club...

Network to hold virtual national training event

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network is to hold its first Virtual National Training...

Next generation of advisers need more help starting their career

Advisers are increasingly optimistic about the industry’s future but worried about recruiting the next...

Brightstar extends Yabber rollout

Brightstar Group has announced a further roll-out of Yabber Global's call monitoring and training...

Network sees 215 rise in ARs’ enquiries

PRIMIS Mortgage Network's product desk dealt with 2,186 inbound queries from Appointed Representative (AR)...

Paradigm appoints over-55s provider to panel

Paradigm Mortgage Service has added retirement interest only (RIO) mortgage lender, LiveMore Capital, to...

Sesame adds seven providers to protection panel

Sesame Network has expanded its protection panel, with 16 providers now available to its...

Hinckley & Rugby joins MCI panel

MCI mortgage club has appointed Hinckley & Rugby Building Society to its lender panel. Hinckley...

Landbay joins network panel

Landbay has joined Synergy Commercial Finance’s network panel. Landbay was already on Synergy’s packager panel...

Zephyr Homeloans joins Brilliant Solutions’ mortgage club

Zephyr Homeloans has joined the panel of Brilliant Solutions’ mortgage club. Members of the direct-to-lender...

Just Mortgages reports record month

September was Just Mortgages' best ever month for both applications and exchanges in September....

Openwork opens graduate programme

Openwork has launched its first Graduate Wealth Pathway scheme. The new scheme, which offers the...

Stonebridge hits £1bn in monthly applications again

Stonebridge has continued its recent record monthly lending volumes, having processed over £1 billion...

The Right Mortgage hires national accounts manager

The Right Mortgage has announced the appointment of Michael O’Brien as its new national...

COMMENT

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

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...

Latest news

CHL cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its short-term let and limited edition buy-to-let ranges. The...

Darlington cuts rates across buy-to-let and specialist ranges

Darlington Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 50bps across its buy-to-let,...

HTB backs £2.4m Mitcham scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank has provided a £2.4m development finance facility for a mixed-use scheme in...

The Mansfield reports record mortgage lending for second year running

Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage lending for the second successive year, after...

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