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UTB achieves Foundation Standard from banking standards board

The Chartered Banker Professional Standards Board has confirmed that United Trust Bank has achieved...

PMS and Sesame add Gatehouse Bank to panels

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network have added Gatehouse Bank’s range of finance products...

Remortgage volumes remain near 12-month high

LMS has reported a £202.44 average monthly payment fall for those who remortgaged in...

The Mortgage Lender launches Lumi

The Mortgage Lender has unveiled Lumi – branding that highlights key elements of the...

Legal & General Mortgage Club reveals Autumn event schedule

Legal & General Mortgage Club has published its calendar of Autumn events and roadshows. The...

Natwest provides £100m senior debt facility to Evolution Money

Evolution Money has announced a new three-year, £100m senior debt facility with NatWest. The arrangement...

Specialist lending increasingly important, event delegates told

Complete FS held its 17th Expo last week, with the main message to the...

MPC holds Bank Rate amid Brexit recession warning

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to maintain the Bank...

Together joins PRIMIS lender panel

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has added Together to its lender panel. Members of the network now have access...

More 2 Life unveils equity release product at higher LTV range

More 2 Life has launched Maximum Choice Lite, which offers lower rates and a wider...

New FD for the Hanley Economic

The Hanley Economic Building Society has appointed Larne Payne as its new financial director. Payne (pictured)...

The Vernon unveils new five-year fix up to 95% LTV

The Vernon Building Society has launched a five-year fixed rate mortgage at 2.99%, with no product fee. The...

Roger Bootle to keynote ASTL conference

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has revealed that the keynote speaker for...

Canada Life cuts lifetime mortgage rates

Canada Life has cut the rates on four of its lifetime mortgages products by...

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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