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Maria Harris joins Brightstar as consultant

Brightstar Financial has announced the appointment of Maria Harris in the new position of...

TMA expands bridging offering

TMA has added short-term lender, Greenfield Mortgages, to its bridging panel. TMA members now have...

HLPartnership breaks £6bn barrier

Mortgage and protection network HL Partnership has revealed that its members completed over £6...

New CEO for Sesame Bankhall Group

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has announced the appointment of Michele Golunska as chief executive...

TMA adds Zephyr Homeloans to lender panel

TMA has announced the addition of buy-to-let lender, Zephyr Homeloans, to its panel. TMA members...

MT Finance expands distribution

Bridging and short-term lender, MT Finance, has joined Paradigm Mortgage Services' lender panel. Paradigm’s member...

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

State Bank of India (UK) has announced that its buy-to-let product range is to...

Realrates.com partners with Loans Warehouse

Loans Warehouse has joined realrates.com's provider panel. The existing provider panel is predominately...

Paradigm to hold London DA transition workshop

Paradigm Mortgage Services will once again run its workshop to support those looking to become...

PMS and Sesame add Hampshire Trust Bank to lender panels

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network, part of Sesame Bankhall Group, have expanded their...

Together+ reaches £1bn pipeline

Specialist lender Together has generated £1bn of applications through its Together+ initiative. The scheme was launched...

Greenfield Mortgages joins Brilliant panel

FCA regulated bridging lender Greenfield Mortgages has announced an expansion to its distribution. It has been...

Source Insurance joins Next Intelligence panel

Source Insurance is joining the Directly Authorised (DA) mortgage panel of Next Intelligence. The news...

HLPartnership expands with head office move

HLPartnership (HLP) has moved its head office in Worthing to a purpose built building...

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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