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Signature appoints national development manager

Signature Property Finance has appointed Paul Tromans to a dual role within the business,...

Fluent Mortgages to integrate with Lendex

Fluent Mortgages has become the latest organisation to commit to integrating with Mortgage Brain’s...

Record month reported by Bluestone

Bluestone Mortgages has reported that its application volumes in September were 68% higher year-on-year,...

The Mansfield ups minimum loan size

The Mansfield Building Society has temporarily moved to raise its minimum loan size to...

Twenty7Tec unveils client portal

Twenty7Tec has completed the development of CAPTURE, a client portal that integrates with the...

First 4 Bridging opens intermediary support centre

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has expanded its proposition with the opening of a Manchester-based...

Foundation Home Loans brings back five-year fix with three-year ERCs

Foundation Home Loans has reintroduced its buy-to-let five-year fixed rate product which comes with...

Fleet Mortgages appoints key account manager

Fleet Mortgages has announced the appointment of Louisa Ritchie as its new key account...

Lenders tightening criteria while borrowing demands rise

The latest Knowledge Bank Tracker has found a common theme in monthly changes in...

NatWest increases residential rates

NatWest has made rate changes across its new and existing customer ranges. For its new...

Intermediaries expect to write more BTL over next 12 months

48% of brokers say that demand for buy-to-let mortgages is ‘strong’ or ‘very strong at...

Click2Check appoints Credit Assess software developer

Click2Check has announced the appointment of Yusuf Yigit as its new in-house software developer. Yigit...

Covid adding three hours onto SME working day

One-fifth of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners are working an additional three hours...

Newcastle Intermediaries unveils new buy-to-let range

Newcastle Intermediaries has introduced a new buy-to-let offering, with rates from 2.46% including no...

COMMENT

No benefit to be had from ‘wait and see’

It seems to be a recurring theme as of late, but it’s been yet another week of volatile rates. Swap rates continue to move,...

What financial services can learn from the World Cup

Look, bear with us here. What does the World Cup have to do with financial services reviews? Well, more than you think actually! This summer,...

Buyers are already reacting to a Budget nobody has written

Andy Burnham ruled out changes to stamp duty on 27 July, a week into the job and days after reports that the government was...

The tech question is how, not if, we can use it

Recent adviser research from Nottingham Building Society underlines the appetite for greater use of technology across the mortgage process. The vast majority (89%) of...

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

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Nationwide trims fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.19 points

Nationwide is cutting fixed mortgage rates for first-time buyers, home movers and remortgage customers...

Walbrook launches mortgage adviser apprenticeship pathway

Walbrook Institute London has expanded its apprenticeship offering with a new Level 3 pathway...

Mortgage Advice Bureau combines new-build businesses under Meridian Group

Mortgage Advice Bureau has completed the integration of three specialist new-build mortgage businesses into...

UTB restores 90% LTV second charge lending and cuts rates

United Trust Bank has reintroduced residential second charge lending at up to 90% loan-to-value...

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