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New hires for Aldermore

Aldermore has appointed a new field-based residential relationship manager and a business development manager...

Connect for Intermediaries expands packager panel

Connect for Intermediaries has added the Family Building Society to its packaging lender panel. The...

Largemortgageloans.com increases Guernsey presence

Paul Welch, the founder of Largemortgageloans.com has moved back to Guernsey and increased lending options on the...

SimplyBiz Mortgages offers older borrower exclusives

SimplyBiz Mortgages has introduced a range of older borrower exclusives with the Marsden Building...

Hutchings promoted at Uinsure

General insurance provider Uinsure has promoted two team members. Mark Hutchings, previously national account manager...

New 1.54% deal from the Yorkshire

The Yorkshire Building Society is launching a two-year discounted standard variable rate mortgage at...

Paragon unveils its first residential range

Paragon Mortgages has embarked upon the first phase of its residential mortgage launch. The range...

The Furness launches Trust Your Broker campaign

The Furness Building Society has launched a new campaign championing mortgage brokers. Its Trust...

Strong growth in asset finance

Asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 13% in November,...

Second charge lending rebounds

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has revealed that second charge mortgage new business volumes...

House prices see strong finish to 2016

LSL Property Services and Acadata have reported that house price growth of 0.4% in...

Landlords eschew BTLs for HMOs

Bridging lender Roma Finance is seeing buy-to-let landlords convert their properties into Houses in Multiple Occupation...

Mixed response to bereavement support changes

The government has announced changes to bereavement support payments. The Department for Work & Pensions...

Marie Grundy becomes bridging lender’s sales director

Marie Grundy has joined West One as sales director. She has over 20 years’ experience in...

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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