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LendInvest secures European rating

LendInvest has received the first European rating from a regulated credit rating agency for...

TFC partners with The Right Mortgage

TFC Homeloans has joined forces with new mortgage network The Right Mortgage to allow its appointed...

Blemain hires regional development director

Blemain Group has appointed Mark Rookyard as a new regional development director. Rookyard (pictured)...

Y3S releases miLoan V8 sourcing system

Y3S has upgraded its sourcing system for mortgage brokers. The Cardiff-based firm claims...

Fluent Money secures full authorisation

Fluent Money has announced that it is one of the first second charge distributors...

FLA reveals industry employment levels

Latest research published by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) reveals that FLA members...

Smethurst to don the lycra for charity

Wayne Smethurst, founder of specialist distributor TFC, has been challenged by managing director of...

New loan comparison site unveiled

FairMoney, a loan comparison site that claims to use the applicant’s credit profile to...

1st Stop Home Loans introduces packaging option

Second charge lender 1st Stop Home Loans has launched a packaging service option, so...

Quartet join Vantage Finance

Vantage Finance has hired four more members of staff. Zoe Brooks has been appointed as...

Access 4 Finance in #treatingintroducersfairly pledge

Access 4 Finance, the business to business secured loan broker, have unveiled a business...

MPC unanimous in rate hold decision

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted unanimously in favour of keeping the...

Positive Lending launches second charge sourcing system

Specialist packager Positive Lending has unveiled 360 Sourcing, which offers intermediaries a secured loan sourcing platform. Intermediaries...

Ezbob rebrands broker channel

Small business lender ezbob has announced a rebrand for its intermediary facing business, which...

COMMENT

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

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The West Brom promotes Gareth Madeley to chief customer officer

West Brom Building Society has appointed Gareth Madeley as its new chief customer officer,...

Industry leaders unite behind MIMHC Lunch

HSBC UK, Virgin Money, Nottingham Building Society, Landbay and top broker firms Mortgage Advice...

Santander raises foreign national mortgage lending to 90% LTV

Santander UK has expanded its foreign national mortgage policy by increasing the maximum loan-to-value...

Keystone passes £2bn in securitisation issuance with sixth Hops Hill deal

Keystone Property Finance has completed its sixth securitisation, taking total issuance under its Hops...

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