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IGF appoints invoice finance managing director

Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has recruited Mark Lindsay as its invoice finance managing director...

Shawbrook continues NACFB title sponsorship

Shawbrook Bank is to renew its commitment to the National Association of Commercial Finance...

Q4 recovery in house prices

UK house prices rebounded in the final quarter of 2016, according to the latest...

Countrywide expects house sales to be down in 2017

Countrywide plc has issued its trading update for the year ended 31 December 2016...

Aldermore makes key invoice finance hire

Aldermore has appointed Stephen Farrelly as head of relationship management in its Manchester office. ...

Target Group acquires Commercial First

Target Group has announced the purchase of the operating business of Commercial First. Established...

Paradigm partners with financial capability platform

Paradigm Mortgage Services has embarked upon a new strategic partnership with financial capability platform...

Strong growth for Stonebridge Group

Stonebridge Group has reported that business volumes in its core mortgage, life/protection and general...

Together offers regulated bridging cross-charging

Together has revised its regulated bridging product range with the introduction of cross-charging. The specialist...

LV= Broker Commercial Lines unveils mid-market offering

LV= Broker Commercial Lines has introduced Optimum, a new mid-market product suite for SME...

Clever Lending makes key commercial appointment

Clever Lending has appointed David Winter as commercial and bridging specialist as the master...

Scottish Widows backs paperless guidelines

Scottish Widows has welcomed the ABI’s guidelines on electronic paperless requests for medical information...

Pepper Homeloans appoints marketing head

Rhona Potter has been appointed as Pepper Homeloans' new head of marketing. Potter (pictured) takes...

New charitable partnership for the Yorkshire

The Yorkshire Building Society has launched a new three-year charity partnership with End Youth...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

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The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

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