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MCI unveils compliance proposition and transition service

MCI Mortgage Club has introduced a new compliance proposition for new and existing mortgage...

Dynamo for Intermediaries expands panel

Dynamo for Intermediaries has added Hodge to its lender panel. Members of Dynamo for Intermediaries...

Network expands bridging panel

Network Richdale has expanded its short-term lending offering with the addition of Greenfield Mortgages...

Stafford Railway joins mortgage club panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced that the Stafford Railway Building Society (Stafford Railway) has joined...

Coventry for intermediaries unveils new customer retention broker guide

Coventry for intermediaries has launched The Mortgage Broker’s Guide to Customer Retention. The new...

Zephyr Homeloans expands distribution

Zephyr Homeloans has joined Openwork’s mortgage panel. Openwork’s community of more than 4,000 advisers and...

F4B adds Hope Capital to panel

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has expanded its specialist lending panel with the addition of...

Bank of Mum & Dad “needs financial advice”

32% of parents would value advice on how best to give money to children...

CSF offers West One buy-to-let semi-exclusives

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has introduced a range of buy-to-let semi-exclusive deals, funded by...

New relationship manager pair for Connect

Connect for Intermediaries has appointed two new relationship managers. The new appointments reflect Connect’s continued...

MCI: activity returning to pre-Covid levels

MCI Club has reported that pre-mortgage activity in June has returned to the same...

ULS Technology partners with Openwork

Conveyancing solution provider, ULS Technology, has announced an exclusive 3-year partnership with Openwork, extending...

Openwork appoints CFO

Openwork has announced the appointment of Richard Houghton as chief financial officer (CFO). Houghton, who also...

L&G Mortgage Club to hold virtual summer conference 

Legal & General Mortgage Club is to hold its first virtual summer conference, which...

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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