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New lettings proposition from Paymentshield

Paymentshield has launched a new lettings offering, as it celebrates its 25th anniversary. While continuing...

Law firms joins the ASTL

JPC Law, a commercial and private client practice, has joined the Association of Short...

Brightstar creates three more departmental heads

Brightstar Financial has announced the promotions of three new department heads. Darren Perry, Paul Debney...

Govt regional initiatives not making impact on SMEs

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has warned that government plans to stimulate the economy through...

Quantum Funding makes northern hire

Quantum Funding has appointed Rob Emmison as broker manager to increase regional support for...

Mortgage Support Network to use SolutionBuilder

Mortgage Support Network has adopted iPipeline's research, quote and apply solution, SolutionBuilder. SolutionBuilder allows advisers...

Paragon sees rise in professional landlord business

The Paragon Group of Companies has reported total lending and investment for the nine...

FHL appoints new regional area manager

Foundation Home Loans has recruited Annette Tilbury as regional area manager for the South...

New Accord buy-to-let fixed rates

Accord Mortgages has expanded its range of fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages for landlords with...

Martin Gilsenan joins development finance lender

Martin Gilsenan has joined Iron Bridge Finance as its new director of sales. He will report...

New low fixes from Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has launched four new buy-to-let products, including its lowest rates for 2017...

Retirement discounts being overestimated

25% of UK adults are relying on discounts and subsidies to make their retirement...

SimplyBiz Group partners with Creative Wealth Management

The SimplyBiz Group has announced the launch of a new DB pension transfer bureau...

Sharp rise reported in conveyancers’ efficiency

Productivity levels in the conveyancing market have increased by 69% in four years from...

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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MT Finance latest firm to offer World Cup time off

As mortgage firms gear up for England’s 1am World Cup clash against Mexico on...

Broker optimism grows as sub-4% rates edge closer

A series of mortgage rate cuts from lenders this week has sparked optimism among...

Renters face higher costs amid strong demand

Two in three (63%) recent movers ended up paying more rent than planned, as...

ModaMortgages cuts rates across limited-edition BTL range

ModaMortgages has announced a reprice of its limited-edition buy-to-let range, with rate reductions across...

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