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LMS broadens relationship with the Leeds

LMS has extended its partnership with the Leeds Building Society. The Leeds has become the...

The Source implements FCA renewal measures

On 1 April 2017, new rules from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) aimed at...

Bridging lender unveils 0.55% deal

Bridging lender Signature Private Finance has launched a new 0.55% per month product, with...

Small monthly rise in house prices

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that the annual rate of house price growth...

Zoopla to buy Hometrack

Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) is to acquire Hometrack. Established in 1999, Hometrack is the UK’s largest automated valuation...

Major promotions at Brightstar

Brightstar Financial has made two internal promotions to its senior management team. Bradley Moore (pictured) is now managing...

Accord expands offset offering

Accord Mortgages has added five new options to its offset range. The new offsets are available...

SimplyBiz Mortgages adds Fluent to seconds panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has chosen Fluent for Advisers as part of its ancillary panel of...

Together raises maximum mortgage ceiling

Together has increased its maximum personal mortgage loan amount to £1m. It is available for purchase,...

Advisers unable to find retirement lending solutions

New research from equity release lender More 2 Life has revealed that 79% of advisers...

New addition to Precise’s sales team

Dan Watson has joined the sales team of Precise Mortgages. He will work predominantly in the...

InterBay simplifies pricing and cuts rates

InterBay Commercial is to simplify its mortgage range for buy-to-let business and houses of multiple occupation...

New two-year fixes from Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has launched two new products for individual landlords.  Brokers can now access both two-year fixes,...

BFS backs sample book manufacturer

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has completed a new funding package with Sampling International, a sample...

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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