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Positive Commercial Finance hires new BDM

Positive Commercial Finance has appointed Simon Parkinson as business development manager (BDM). He has over...

Propertymark announces new presidents

ARLA Propertymark (Association of Residential Letting Agents) and NAEA Propertymark (National Association of Estate...

FCA seeks feedback on consumer access to insurance

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking views and evidence of the challenges firms...

FSE Wales seminar programme revealed

The full seminar programme for next week’s Financial Services Expo (FSE) Wales event has...

Majority of FTBs regret not negotiating before buying

51% of those who bought for the first time in the last five years...

LendInvest recruits second Northern BDM

LendInvest has appointed its second business development manager (BDM) for Northern England. Sophie Mitchell-Charman...

TMP reports rising demand for specialist lending

The Mortgage Partnership (TMP) is seeing increasing support from brokers who are finding difficulties placing...

New MPC member appointed

Professor Silvana Tenreyro of the London School of Economics has been appointed as an...

Metro Bank scraps fees for existing residential customers

Metro Bank has stated that existing residential mortgage customers will benefit from fee-free products...

3mc website allows criteria comparison

3mc has improved the functionality of its website, now letting brokers compare and contrast...

London has lowest cost to rent proportion in UK

London is the most expensive region in the country to be a landlord, according...

John Griffith-Jones to leave the FCA and PSR

John Griffith-Jones, chairman of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Payment Systems Regulator...

LV= introduces pre-underwriting tool

LV= has announced the launch of its new pre-underwriting tool, in partnership with UnderwriteMe,...

Anniversary benefit from Equity Release Club

Equity Release Club has announced a new member benefit to mark its 10-year anniversary. As part...

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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