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HLPartnership hires digital marketing manager 

HLPartnership (HLP) has appointed James Makin as digital marketing manager. Makin (pictured) will support the mortgage...

L&G Mortgage Club adds West One to buy-to-let panel

West One Loans’ buy-to-let division has launched with Legal & General Mortgage Club. Brokers will...

Octane joins L&G club panel

Octane Capital has been appointed to the panel of the Legal & General Mortgage Club. Club...

Just Group added to Brilliant’s lifetime panel

Just Group is joining the Brilliant Solutions lifetime mortgage panel, with its whole lifetime mortgage...

Openwork appoints chief commercial officer

Openwork has created the new role of chief commercial officer (CCO). Mike Morrow has been...

Metro Bank agrees distribution deal with Brilliant Solutions

Metro Bank has joined forces with Brilliant Solutions, with the lender now on the panel...

The Loan Partnership adds Hope Capital to lending panel

Bridging lender Hope Capital has joined The Loan Partnership’s lending panel. The timing of this...

Legal & General Mortgage Club expands buy-to-let panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced the addition of Habito to its buy-to-let...

TRM appoints general insurance head

Amy Wilson has been appointed as head of general insurance at The Right Mortgage...

Brightstar partners with Selina Finance

Brightstar Financial has joined up with Selina Finance to provide semi-exclusive distribution of the...

Openwork welcomes 2021 graduate intake

Openwork has opened its doors this week to its first intake of 19 graduates...

Pure Retirement joins Brilliant panel

Mortgage club and specialist mortgage distributor, Brilliant Solutions, has announced the addition of lifetime...

Masthaven partners with PRIMIS

Masthaven Bank has teamed up with PRIMIS Mortgage Network to  provide the latter's c. 2,200 brokers access to...

Roma Finance joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Roma Finance has become the latest provider to joins the panel of Legal &...

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...

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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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