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MFS appoints BDM

Bridging lender Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has hired its third business development manager for...

Source Insurance gains Investor in Customers award

Source Insurance has achieved a silver award from customer experience specialists, Investor in Customers (IIC). This...

Signature appoints lending manager in Scotland

Signature Private Finance has appointed Alan Coats as its latest lending manager. He will be...

April saw a 5.5% rise in approvals from March

E.surv has reported that there was a sharp increase in mortgage approvals in April,...

TSB cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

TSB has made a number of rate changes to its residential and buy-to-let ranges. Changes...

Phoebus Software hires securitisation and funding specialist

Ian Sutton has joined Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) as a consultant specialising in the...

Promise upgrades its second charge sourcing platform

Promise Specialist Lending is claiming to offer the best combination of speed, accuracy and...

Mortgage Brain appoints new chairman

Mortgage Brain has appointed Peter Hill as its new chairman. Hill, whose previous roles include...

LendInvest launches limited edition BTL remortgage products

LendInvest has cut its product fees and lowered interest rates for both of its...

Paradigm reveals 2019 lender and provider award winners

Paradigm Mortgage Services and Paradigm Protect, the mortgage services and protection propositions, have announced...

Complete FS to hold specialist lending festival

Complete FS will hold its themed annual Expo at the Ageas Hilton Hotel, Southampton on 26July. The...

UTB appointed to Connect for Intermediaries’ panel

United Trust Bank (UTB) products are now available to Connect for Intermediaries brokers, providing...

HLP/MSN business up 20% in Q1

Members of HL Partnership (HLP) and Mortgage Support Network (MSN) saw a 19.7% uplift...

Hinckley & Rugby introduces online criteria searches

Following a partnership with sourcing system Criteria Hub, advisers can now search online to...

COMMENT

A steadier second half of 2026 in sight?

The first half of 2026 has been a reminder that the mortgage market does not operate in isolation. While domestic economic conditions have remained...

How brokers can secure better client outcomes in a volatile market

Experience has always counted in the mortgage market. Brokers who worked through the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic, the Liz Truss mini-Budget and cost-of-living...

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Latest news

Second charge mortgage lending volumes dip for first time in more than a year

New business volumes in the second charge mortgage market fell by 1% in May,...

Building Societies Association signs Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter

The Building Societies Association has become the latest organisation to sign the Mortgage Industry...

Sprive urges first-time buyers to plan ahead as Leeds launches 2% deposit mortgage

Sprive has welcomed Leeds Building Society's new 98% loan-to-value mortgage but says borrowers should...

Leeds launches 98% LTV mortgage aimed at widening access for first-time buyers

Leeds Building Society has introduced a new 98% loan-to-value mortgage designed to help more...

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