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Phoebus Software agrees comprehensive servicing deal for Castle Trust

Phoebus Software Ltd (PSL) has completed the migration of Castle Trust's mortgage book following...

Live chat feedback cheers L&G Mortgage Club

Legal & General Mortgage Club has revealed that its free live chat facility has...

TMA unveils large portfolio landlord exclusive

TMA Mortgage Club (TMA) is offering an exclusive three-year fixed rate buy-to-let product with...

Accord wins for website

Accord Mortgage’s website has been recognised at the Northern eCommerce Awards. The new-look website was named...

3% CPI makes rate rise more likely

The Office for National Statistics has reported that the headline (CPI) rate rose to...

Coventry for Intermediaries reduces 90% LTV rates

Coventry for Intermediaries has cut mortgage rates across its five-year fixed residential 90% loan to...

BLG appoints deputy head of new business 

Business Lending Group (BLG) has announced the appointment of Gordon Robinson as its deputy...

Worrying ignorance around interest rates

70% of Brits can't state what the currently Bank Rate is, according to new research...

Fluent Money Group ups recruitment

Second charge mortgage broker Fluent Money Group is continuing to expand its headcount. Fluent for Advisers,...

New London BDM for Pepper Money

Pepper Money has appointed Phil Quinn as business development manager (BDM) for London. Quinn...

Castle Trust introduces credit recovery BTL

Castle Trust Capital has unveiled a new range of mortgages aimed at landlords with...

Octane Capital completes £10m Hackney bridging loan

Octane Capital has completed a £10m bridging loan on a £20m asset to a client...

Together rescues landlord’s renovation project

Together has delivered funding in 24 hours to help a landlord to complete renovations...

Vernon BS added to Personal Touch panel

The Vernon Building Society has been appointed to Personal Touch’s mortgage panel.   The local society,...

COMMENT

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

Build, baby, build? Well we will need to fund more than the usual suspects

There was a noticeable sense of optimism at UKREiiF this year. That may sound surprising given the economic headwinds of recent years, but the...

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s no excuse to ignore it. When a UK borrower reaches 55,...

How small and medium-sized lenders can fix the origination headache

We are constantly told that to fix the mortgage journey, we need to rip everything out and start again. That unless a lender replaces its...

A new PM brings a new opportunity to rethink housing policy

Politics, as it seems to do in recent times, has moved at remarkable speed over the last couple of weeks. In what feels like...

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National Friendly joins Primis panel

National Friendly's range of protection products are now available to advisers across the Primis...

‘AI challenges intermediation,’ warns FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today released its long-awaited Mills Review, which sets...

Burnham’s property tax could hit mortgage lending, warns Maskells

A proposed proportional property tax backed by Andy Burnham could hit mortgage lending, tighten...

Des Moore joins Suffolk BS as non-executive director 

Des Moore, former Cumberland Building Society chief executive officer, will join the Suffolk Building...

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