Distribution

The Ipswich to broaden network distribution

The Ipswich Building Society is widening its distribution through a number of network partners. The first...

HL Partnership creates finance director role

HL Partnership (HLP) has appointed Peter Cobley to the newly created position of finance...

Tony Salentino to retire from Complete FS

After over 25 years as a board director of specialist packager distributor Complete FS,...

Record month for completions for L&G Mortgage Club

Legal & General Mortgage Club has reported a record month in October 2019, with...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries joins Brilliant Solutions’ lender panel

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries has joined the Brilliant Solutions Mortgage Club lender panel. The club's...

Record-breaking app volumes for Stonebridge

Stonebridge has revealed that it broke its record for lending applications submitted during October...

PMS and Sesame expand bridging lender panels

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network, part of Sesame Bankhall Group, have added Greenfield...

Intermediaries upbeat despite political uncertainty

UK Intermediaries are confident they can weather the storm of Brexit and a general...

Impact partners with Harpenden BS complete on complex £1m deal

Impact Specialist Finance and the Harpenden Building Society have completed a £1 million interest...

Ingard expands bridging distribution

Bridging lender  Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has been added to Ingard Financial’s intermediary distribution panel....

Habito teams up with Impact Specialist Finance

Online mortgage broker and lender Habito has partnered with Impact Specialist Finance. The partnership will...

Call for immediate action over gender recruitment divide

Openwork has revealed that its latest research shows advisers want immediate action on recruiting more women...

Major management shake-up at Sesame Bankhall Group

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has announced significant changes to its executive team structure, including...

Foundation Home Loans agrees deal with Brilliant Mortgage club

Foundation Home Loans has embarked upon a new relationship with Brilliant Solutions’ mortgage club. Members...

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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