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Landbay adds product transfer options and trims rates in expanded summer special

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has expanded its Summer Special product range with five new product...

Fignum appoints Steve Carruthers as growth director to accelerate next phase of expansion

Mortgage technology specialist Fignum has appointed Steve Carruthers as growth director, signalling its intent...

The Mortgage Stop joins New Leaf

The Mortgage Stop, a Romsey-based brokerage founded by husband and wife team Rohit and...

Howden strengthens south Wales presence with five new appointments

Howden has added to its growing south Wales team with the appointment of five...

SmartSearch enhances watchlist screening with World-Check One integration

SmartSearch, the UK-based provider of digital compliance and anti-money laundering solutions, has integrated the...

Paradigm launches fourth School of Marketing to support advisers

Paradigm has launched the latest edition of its annual School of Marketing, aimed at...

Atom Bank strengthens tech leadership to accelerate product growth

Atom Bank has announced a wave of senior internal promotions within its technology team,...

Chetwood Bank appoints non-executive director

Chetwood Bank has appointed Mark Foulsham as a non-executive director, strengthening its board with...

New London-based brokerage launches with family focus and female leadership

A new mortgage advice firm, Heath Mortgage Solutions, has launched in London today, backed...

Hinckley & Rugby takes its residential mortgage range to Scotland

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries has expanded its residential mortgage lending into mainland Scotland,...

LendInvest promotes new head of distribution and expands East London coverage

LendInvest Mortgages has promoted Rod McPherson to head of distribution and created a new...

Simplybiz Mortgages adds Afin Bank to lender panel

Simplybiz Mortgages has added new specialist entrant Afin Bank to its lender panel. The addition...

Hope Capital strengthens portfolio management with new servicing division and internal promotion

Hope Capital has overhauled its portfolio management operation with the launch of a dedicated...

SortRefer relaunches summer broker competition

SortRefer has confirmed the return of its summer initiative, ‘Show Us Your Merch’, following...

COMMENT

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

Build, baby, build? Well we will need to fund more than the usual suspects

There was a noticeable sense of optimism at UKREiiF this year. That may sound surprising given the economic headwinds of recent years, but the...

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s no excuse to ignore it. When a UK borrower reaches 55,...

How small and medium-sized lenders can fix the origination headache

We are constantly told that to fix the mortgage journey, we need to rip everything out and start again. That unless a lender replaces its...

A new PM brings a new opportunity to rethink housing policy

Politics, as it seems to do in recent times, has moved at remarkable speed over the last couple of weeks. In what feels like...

Latest news

MT Finance latest firm to offer World Cup time off

As mortgage firms gear up for England’s 1am World Cup clash against Mexico on...

Broker optimism grows as sub-4% rates edge closer

A series of mortgage rate cuts from lenders this week has sparked optimism among...

Renters face higher costs amid strong demand

Two in three (63%) recent movers ended up paying more rent than planned, as...

ModaMortgages cuts rates across limited-edition BTL range

ModaMortgages has announced a reprice of its limited-edition buy-to-let range, with rate reductions across...

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