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Catalyst Property Finance joins PMS and Sesame panels

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network have added Catalyst Property Finance to their bridging...

Legal & General Mortgage Club launches SmartrRefer for advisers

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced the introduction of SmartrRefer for advisers. SmartrRefer,...

Strong first year in new build and Help to Buy for Accord

Since launching its new build and Help to Buy proposition in September 2018, Accord...

Fiduciam grows all-female Spanish team

Fiduciam has increased its Spanish team to eight, following the recruitment of three new...

The Mortgage Lender expands sales team

The Mortgage Lender has grown its sales team from 21 to 26. David Eaves has...

BoE reports weakening in house purchase mortgage approvals

The Bank of England has reported that net mortgage borrowing by households weakened to...

Landlords more likely to use same broker for new mortgages

57% all landlords surveyed in Paragon’s latest PRS Trends Report for the third quarter...

Vida Homeloans unveils ‘Buy to Let Hub’

Vida Homeloans has launched its new Buy to Let Hub, aimed at improving its...

Paymentshield improves API integration with Adviser Hub

Paymentshield has developed a number of APIs as it improves its Adviser Hub. The APIs...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts five-year fixed buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced rates on its five-year fixed buy-to-let mortgages by up...

Maria Harris joins United Trust Bank board

Maria Harris, former director of intermediary lending at Atom Bank, has been appointed as...

New five-year fixes from TSB

TSB has made changes to its residential range of fixed rate mortgages: It has introduced...

Clydesdale Bank improves self-employed contractor mortgages

Clydesdale Bank Intermediaries has improved its criteria for assessing mortgage applications from self-employed contractors. The...

Fleet reduces limited company and HMO pricing

Fleet Mortgages has made further rates cuts to its 75% & 80% limited company and...

COMMENT

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Second-steppers take larger mortgages as deposits shrink

Home movers are turning to higher loan-to-value mortgages as rising property prices and smaller...

Property industry urged to help shape smart data rules

Property businesses are being urged to respond to a government call for evidence that...

Northern first-time buyers pay £10k price for delaying purchase

First-time buyers in northern cities risk losing thousands of pounds by postponing a purchase,...

Virgin Money to raise product transfer fixed rates

Virgin Money will increase residential and buy-to-let product transfer fixed rates on Friday, 24...

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