News

CSF to distribute West One’s buy-to-let range

West One Loans' new limited distribution buy-to-let product range is now available through Crystal...

BrokerSense introduces buy-to-let calculator

BrokerSense, who provide specialist mortgage calculators to brokers, has launched a buy-to-let mortgage calculator. This...

Hope Capital to offer bridging loans for adverse clients

Hope Capital is to lend to borrowers who have had bankruptcies, IVAs or who...

Axis Bank UK appoints buy-to-let manager

Axis Bank UK has appointed Zenzi Tinkorang as buy-to-let manager in its intermediary team. She...

Lack of finance options stifling one-fifth of SMEs

19% of SMEs in the UK have missed a new opportunity in the past...

RIO not a magic bullet for majority of interest-only borrowers

Royal London has calculated that the majority of interest-only borrowers looking to move to a...

Virgin Money makes mortgage policy enhancements

Virgin Money has made a number of policy improvements to its mortgage proposition for...

Belmont Green hires chief risk officer

Belmont Green Finance, the business behind lender Vida Homeloans, has recruited Stephen Roughton-Smith to...

Accord unveils pair of new buy-to-let fixes

Two new products have been added to Accord Mortgages' buy-to-let range. For purchasing landlords, the...

Glenhawk appoints BDM for London and South East

Glenhawk has appointed Peter Turner as a business development manager, who joins from Shawbrook Bank. He...

The Leek United appoints new branch manager

Leek United has appointed Daniel Nutt as the new branch manager for its Market...

The Dudley unveils post HTB/shared ownership remortgage deal

The Dudley Building Society is introducing a new remortgage product which helps customers consolidate...

Increased satisfaction delivered by Platform’s BDM team

Platform has reported that the latest the BVA BDRC satisfaction survey has stated that...

Advisers say more needs to be done to attract new recruits

Advisers are positive about the future of the advice industry and increasingly likely to...

COMMENT

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...

Why post-contract variation is becoming the mortgage market’s next battleground

For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...

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Zoopla signs Manchester Super Giants shirt deal

Zoopla has become the first official front-of-shirt partner of Manchester Super Giants for the...

Southwest Knotweed launches identification app

Southwest Knotweed Group has launched an app designed to help mortgage and property professionals...

Broker Conveyancing launches referral hub for advisers

Broker Conveyancing has launched a referral platform intended to make it quicker for mortgage...

House price rise puts mortgage resilience in sharper focus

Homebuyers should consider how they would meet mortgage payments if illness or injury affected...

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