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The Nationwide to launch 2.89% 10-year fix

The Nationwide Building Society is to unveil tomorrow (4 March) the lowest 10-year fixed...

Starter Home Scheme viability questioned

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has questioned whether the Conservative Party's Starter Home Scheme will...

LMS partners with Metro Bank

LMS is to undertake general panel management for Metro Bank. This will allow Metro...

SFI changes mortgage pricing

Santander for Intermediaries (SFI) is making increases to a small number of products. The changes...

Pink brokers get free SMP membership

All Pink network advisers have been given free membership of Society of Mortgage Professionals...

Tim Gosden joins MGM Advantage

MGM Advantage has hired Tim Gosden as product manager. Tim Gosden will help manage and...

Ultimate Finance expands into Scotland

Ultimate Finance Group, which provides cashflow solutions to SMEs, is opening its first office...

Fleet Mortgages expands distribution

Directly authorised (DA) members of Legal & General Mortgage Club will have now have...

Paradigm in Scottish registration drive

Paradigm Mortgage Services will be exhibiting at this week’s Financial Services Expo (FSE) Glasgow...

Santander secures living wage accreditation

Santander UK has been accredited as a Living Wage business. This follows its past...

Landbay in transparency push

Peer to peer lending platform Landbay is to share publicly a range of new...

Secured loan volumes continue to rise

The £66m of secured lending witnessed in January represented a 2% monthly increase from...

New BTL deals for Scotland from Mortgage Trust

Mortgage Trust has made a range of products available for investors in the Private...

Pension reforms could cripple FTBs, warns friendly society

Savings and ISA provider Scottish Friendly has warned would-be first-time buyers that they have...

COMMENT

Why landlords will continue to play a central role in meeting housing demand

This month’s Spring Statement may not have delivered dramatic housing announcements, but the data released alongside it paints a clear picture about the continued...

Debt awareness is as important for advisers as for clients

Debt Awareness Week, beginning on 16th March, provides a timely opportunity for reflection. The early months of the year have long been associated with...

Market may be overreacting to conflict-driven rate fears

Financial markets could be overreacting in the early days of the conflict as they take a second rate cut off the table this year. The...

The UK’s conveyancing conundrum explained

Why is conveyancing so slow in the UK? The average property transaction now takes between 14 and 20 weeks… and that is not taking...

The silent majority: what most financial services customers never tell you

If you work in financial services, you probably have a good handle on formal complaints. You know how many you get, how quickly they’re...

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Chetwood Bank appoints Darren Hodgson as BDM for the South

Chetwood Bank has appointed Darren Hodgson as business development manager covering the South of...

Source Insurance integrates platform with HPS Insurance CRM

Source Insurance has partnered with HPS Insurance to integrate its home insurance quotation platform...

Advise Wise launches referral hub to broaden adviser support

Later life sourcing platform Advise Wise has launched a new Referral Hub designed to...

LHV Bank promotes two to senior roles

LHV Bank has promoted two members of its commercial lending team as it continues...

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