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Openwork appoints COO

Openwork has appointed Paul Bridge as its chief operating officer. He replaces Mary-Anne McIntyre who...

Aldermore exceeding its commercial lending targets

Aldermore has lent £360 million to small and medium sized businesses over the past...

Intra-family lending on the rise

63% of consumers surveyed by Aviva say there has been a rise in family...

Promise Solutions agrees deal with Omnii Solutions

Omnii Solutions' Client Request CheckIT product is now available to Promise Solutions' introducer clients. The...

New five-year deals from the Coventry

Coventry Intermediaries has launched two new five-year fixed rate mortgage deals. The first is priced...

Bupa appoints group risk chief

Keith Jackson is to join Bupa as its group chief risk officer. Jackson has previously...

Y3S offers brokers a secured loan sourcing plug-in for websites

Mortgage brokers and IFAs can now offer secured loan sourcing on their own websites...

Increase in intermediary mortgage lending

Lending via intermediaries increased during the second quarter of 2011. New figures from the FSA/Council...

HML revamps website

HML has unveiled a new website, with which it seeks to improve its brand...

Northern Rock cuts rates and extends BTL cashback

Northern Rock has cut rates across its mortgage range by up to 0.90 percentage...

Fee-paying facility now available on Mortgage Trust website

Mortgage Trust has improved its online application process. Intermediaries can now pay fees online via...

Positive Lending facilitates multi-million pound bridge

Positive Lending has completed a complex bridging loan worth £1.5 million. The deal was designed...

LTVs fall to six-month low

Purchase approvals fell 2.5% in July, down from 48,421 in June to a seasonally...

Housing market remains robust, reports Countrywide

The UK housing market remains resilient with "modest"" improvements across key market indicators as...

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Mortgages, mutuality, members and making a difference

Anyone working in the mortgage market knows that a key area of our measurement is sales. How many cases we complete, the value of...

Stability is not a slowdown; it’s exactly what the bridging market needs

So, according to the recent Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) figures, bridging completions fell in Q2. Cue the usual hand-wringing. The headlines landed, the...

The rise of the silver pound

UK house prices may have cooled from their peak, but affordability pressures remain acute. Even with recent adjustments to interest rates, rising property values have...

Staggering stamp duty will make it easier for people to move

A proposal to spread stamp duty land tax payments across several years, in an effort to drive growth and boost the housing market, is...

Making Digital Sales Ready properties the norm, not the exception

Digital Sales Ready listings and upfront information have the potential to transform the home buying and selling journey, creating faster, more transparent transactions with...

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Coventry for intermediaries raises lending limits as part of criteria refresh

Coventry for intermediaries has unveiled a series of lending criteria changes aimed at giving...

West Brom cuts mortgage rates with focus on first-time buyers and remortgagers

West Bromwich Building Society has reduced rates across its purchase and remortgage products by...

HTB funds £18m refinance of listed London offices

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed an £18.2m refinancing facility for a Grade II...

LHV Bank makes four senior appointments to bolster lending division

LHV Bank has strengthened its UK lending operation with four senior appointments as it...