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Positive Lending appoints BDM

Positive Lending has appointed Andy Keehner to the position of regional business development manager...

Fleet Mortgages expands launch panel

Fleet Mortgages has added Legal & General Mortgage Club to the list of distributors...

Y3S maintains Fast Growth 50 status

At the annual Fast Growth 50 dinner in Wales on Friday, Y3S retained its...

NACFB to launch SME lending campaign

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) is launching ‘Love Lending Week’...

NatWest hires six BDMs

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has appointed six new business development managers (BDMs). Four will be...

CML: gross mortgage lending down month-on-month

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending reached £17.8...

Panacea Adviser revamps website

Panacea Adviser has unveiled a major upgrade of its website, which includes a complete...

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks ‘pay your mortgage for a month’

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have launched a new range of mortgages including a ‘pay your...

HSBC offers its lowest ever mortgage rate

HSBC has unveiled its lowest ever mortgage rate this morning. Borrowers with 40% deposit or...

SortRefer unveils remortgage conveyancing package for Scotland

Conveyancing portal SortRefer has launched a conveyancing package for Scottish remortgage business. The new deal,...

Another fall in consumer confidence

The Lloyds Bank Spending Power Report for September finds that consumer confidence has dropped...

Two-year tracker rates reach five-year low

The proportion of homebuyers applying for a fixed-rate deal fell to its lowest level...

Virgin Money postpones flotation plans

Virgin Money has become the latest business to postpone its plans for an initial...

Good take-up for Halifax online product transfers

46% of all Halifax mortgage Product Transfers are now being completed online, six months...

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Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 18

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday last week as...

Mental health and the evolving role of mortgage advisers

Money worries rarely stay just about money. They affect sleep, confidence, relationships, and mental wellbeing - and for many people across the UK, mortgage...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 16

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday last week as...

Why complex-income borrowers need more adviser support

The UK mortgage market has become more complex for borrowers, lenders and advisers alike. Higher rates, tighter affordability pressures and more varied working patterns...

Economic abuse: The warning signs every adviser should recognise

Taking out a joint mortgage is one of the most common ways for people to get onto the property ladder. For many, combining earning...

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Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 18

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge...

AI skills gap poses major challenge for financial services sector

The financial services sector will need to recruit and retrain around 450,000 highly skilled...

Santander cuts rates across higher LTV fixed and tracker mortgages

Santander has reduced rates across a range of first-time buyer, home mover and remortgage...

West One raises core income multiples to 5.5 times

West One has increased loan-to-income limits across its core residential mortgage range and improved...

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