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Pair join Together’s commercial team

Together has announced two appointments to its commercial team. David Walsh (pictured, centre) has joined as...

Lender-broker relationship explored in new paper

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has published a new discussion paper, Insights into...

Nationwide & TMW latest to reward retention

The Nationwide Building Society is to pay mortgage brokers a procuration fee for retention business.  The...

The Leeds to pay retention fees

The Leeds Building Society will introduce retention procuration fees later this year. The mutual will pay...

MCI partners with Twenty7tec

Following demand from its brokers, MCI Mortgage Club has launched with mortgage technology firm...

The Hinckley & Rugby cuts fixed and BTL rates

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the interest rates on its two-year...

Remortgagors fearing interest rate rise

The number of remortgagors fearing a rate rise has increased dramatically over the last...

Rightmove: 2% monthly rise in house prices

Rightmove has reported that the annual rate of increase in house prices in February...

IGF provides £4.5m ABL deal

IGF, the commercial finance provider for SMEs, has recently delivered a £4.5 million asset...

Shared ownership exclusives for L&G Mortgage Club

Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched a range of exclusive deals with Leeds...

New 1.29% ERC-free tracker from Accord

Accord Mortgages has launched a new tracker mortgage with no early repayment charges (ERCs). The...

Barclays unveils mortgage offering for entrepreneurs

Barclays Wealth & Investments has introduced a new mortgage proposition aimed at UK entrepreneurs and founders...

Rise in guarantor loan issues

Citizens Advice has seem a 40% increase in the number of guarantor loan problems that...

GI firm to provide £12.5m redress

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has agreed a redress arrangement with Express Gifts Ltd,...

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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...

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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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