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MBE Leeds Expo open for registration

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) Leeds is now open for brokers, IFAs and financial intermediaries...

Paymentshield shakes up sales structure

Paymentshield is restructuring its intermediary sales team. It has assigned dedicated telephone business development managers (TBDMs) to each...

Skipton Intermediaries unveils bespoke large loan offering

Skipton Intermediaries has introduced Skipton Bespoke, a new proposition designed to specifically help brokers who...

Pepper adds SMS to distribution network

Pepper Homeloans has extended its distribution network to include Solent Mortgage Services (SMS).  Hampshire-based SMS will...

YBS calls for Budget reform of stamp duty

The Yorkshire Building Society has warned that stamp duty is prohibiting first-time buyers and...

New member for the ASTL

Pivot is the latest lender to join the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL). Pivot is...

Board change at UKAR

UK Asset Resolution Ltd (UKAR) has announced that David Lunn, a non-executive director appointed by...

AOBP confirms April forum details

The April forum of the Association of Bridging Professionals’ (AOBP) will take place on...

LMS teams up with the Loughborough

LMS is partnering with the Loughborough Building Society.  The conveyancing panel manager will now deliver fees assisted...

TSB cuts selected rates and offers cashback

TSB has cut interest rates by 10 basis points on selected mortgages for home...

Personal Touch launches Business Development Suite

Personal Touch has unveiled a new system designed to help its members boost productivity...

Together completes largest loan for a decade

Together has provided its largest first charge personal mortgage in over 10 years. Working with...

New low tracker from the Chelsea

The Chelsea Building Society has launched a new variable rate tracker mortgage with no early...

Paradigm adds the Earl Shilton to lender panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added the Earl Shilton Building Society to its lender panel.  Members firms...

COMMENT

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

Latest news

The West Brom promotes Gareth Madeley to chief customer officer

West Brom Building Society has appointed Gareth Madeley as its new chief customer officer,...

Industry leaders unite behind MIMHC Lunch

HSBC UK, Virgin Money, Nottingham Building Society, Landbay and top broker firms Mortgage Advice...

Santander raises foreign national mortgage lending to 90% LTV

Santander UK has expanded its foreign national mortgage policy by increasing the maximum loan-to-value...

Keystone passes £2bn in securitisation issuance with sixth Hops Hill deal

Keystone Property Finance has completed its sixth securitisation, taking total issuance under its Hops...

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