Mortgages

The Newcastle BS welcomes new CFO

The Newcastle Building Society has appointed David Samper as its new chief financial officer. With...

Knowledge Bank makes “permanent” 40% price cut

Knowledge Bank has permanently reduced the cost of subscribing to its criteria search system...

Together appoints head of London intermediaries

Sundeep Patel has joined Together as the specialist lender's head of London intermediaries. He has...

Networks appoint five compliance officers

HLPartnership and Mortgage Support Network have announced the appointment of five new compliance officers...

Nobody knows anything

So, welcome to 2019. I hope you enjoyed the Christmas break and managed to...

Prepare for the unexpected

So, here we are. 2019. A new year stretches before us and ordinarily we...

Connect for Intermediaries begins packaging for Zephyr and Fleet

Connect for Intermediaries has become one of the first distributors to package for Zephyr,...

Mortgage borrowing “remains steady”

UK Finance has reported that gross mortgage lending across the residential market in November...

Kensington Mortgages unveils new 75% LTV rates

Kensington Mortgages has launched new special rates across its 75% loan to value (LTV)...

TSB doubles shared ownership cashback

TSB is increasing its cashback offer to £500 from £250 across its shared ownership...

84% of specialist intermediaries feel confident about business in 2019

Despite the backdrop of economic uncertainty currently facing the UK, intermediaries within the specialist...

Computershare Loan Services launches buy-to-let lender

Computershare Loan Services has launched Zephyr Homeloans following a pilot. It is a dedicated buy-to-let...

Pepper Money promotes Clare Jarvis to key intermediary post

Pepper Money has promoted Clare Jarvis to the position of head of intermediary distribution. Jarvis...

Skipton to offer automated additional borrowing

From the end of January 2019, Skipton Intermediaries is to introduce additional borrowing through...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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