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Gatehouse Bank added to Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced that Gatehouse Bank is the latest bank...

Private Label publishes average referral fee

High value residential first charge service provider Private Label has paid brokers an average...

New transfer option for mortgage interest support

Disabled people and others receiving Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) will now be able...

Barclays makes widespread rate cuts

Barclays has reduced rates on a number of products across its residential, buy-to-let and...

Brexit hitting plans to target housing shortage

63% of property finance brokers believe that plans to tackle the housing shortage have...

OneFamily expands lifetime mortgage support teams

OneFamily has added two new underwriters and three mortgage processors to its lifetime mortgage...

Gatehouse Bank hires direct adviser

Gatehouse Bank has appointed Robert Siddall to the position of direct adviser. Siddall (pictured) will...

Axis Bank UK expands key account team

Axis Bank UK has appointed Dean Linklater as key account manager for the north. The...

The Newbury BS joins Equity Release Club panel

The Newbury Building Society has become the latest lender to join the Equity Release...

Bank of Mum and Dad lending more than ever

Legal & General has revealed that the Bank of Mum and Dad (BoMaD) has...

The Moving Hub and Acquaint CRM begin strategic partnership

Conveyancing platform and case management system The Moving Hub, has partnered with Acquaint CRM. This move...

Glenhawk appoints NED

Glenhawk has appointed Caroline Ong as non-executive director. Ong has over 20 years of commercial...

Attitude shift in older homeowners to property and retirement planning

A new report from the Equity Release Council has found that 51% of homeowners...

Smart Money appoints national account manager

Specialist finance master broker Smart Money has announced the appointment of Gary Lomax as its...

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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Bridging Soup launches major market research initiative

Bridging Soup has launched a new research initiative to build a clearer picture of...

Just one in seven homes records five years of growth

Fewer than one in seven UK homes increased in value during every year of...

Word On The Street arranges £108m of property finance in record year

Word On The Street arranged more than £108 million of property finance across 239...

Beverley enhances SIPP income assessment

Beverley Building Society has introduced a tiered approach to assessing income from self-invested personal...

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