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The Mortgage Lender expands distribution

The Mortgage Lender has added Edinburgh-based master broker Thistle Finance to its distribution network. Thistle...

Gross mortgage lending remains strong

UK Finance has estimated that gross mortgage lending totalled £22.1 billion in June. This...

Metro Bank cuts fixed and tracker rates

Metro Bank has reduced rates across its two, three and five-year-fixed residential range, as...

Coventry for Intermediaries introduces transitional BTL affordability policy

Coventry for Intermediaries has introduced its transitional buy-to-let affordability policy for remortgagors. The lender will...

Fluent Money Group continues recruitment drive

Second charge mortgage broker Fluent Money Group, which recently acquired specialist distributor Brytannic Extra...

Mortgage costs down in Q2

The latest data from Mortgage Brain shows that the majority of mainstream mortgages have...

Bridging lenders remain positive about prospects

The Association of Short Term Lenders' (ASTL) latest sentiment survey has found that members...

Phoebus Software appoints CTO

Phoebus Software Ltd (PSL) has appointed Neil Dyke as its new chief technical officer...

Scottish Widows unveils Centralised Retirement Proposition guide

Scottish Widows has launched a new guide offering additional support for advisers who feel...

Creditor Toolkit hailed as ‘breakthrough’

Computershare has backed the launch of the Money Advice Service’s (MAS’s) new Creditor Toolkit. MAS...

Source Insurance makes senior management changes

Source insurance has appointed two new directors to its main board. Tania Frowen joins the...

L&G Mortgage Club updates Buy to Let Matrix

 has been adapted to include lender positions on buy-to-let portfolios ahead of the PRA...

Foundation Home Loans offers new first-time landlord deals

Foundation Home Loans has revised its buy-to-let range with new first-time landlord products. New five-year...

New website for Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has revamped its website, offering a simpler and more intuitive design to...

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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