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MPC unanimous over rate hold but not QE

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously to hold the Bank Rate...

Ingard Financial adopts Mortgage Brain

Ingard Financial has chosen Mortgage Brain as its sole mortgage sourcing technology solution. The independent...

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...

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Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge on Sunday and will finish on Friday this...

A BBR decision rooted in caution, not complacency

The Bank of England MPC’s decision to hold Bank Base Rate (BBR) will come as a welcome outcome for many across the mortgage market,...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 10

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge yesterday and will finish on Friday this week....

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 9

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge from 10-15 May. There are now 72...

When the market gets messy, control matters more than ever

There is a tendency to look at the current market and focus purely on activity levels, particularly after the recent spike driven by lender...

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Conveyancing delays push exchange times past 100 days

The average home that exchanged contracts in April had gone under offer 104 days...

Equifinance launches broker portal for second charge cases

Equifinance has released its new broker portal, ECHO, giving introducers an end-to-end process for...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk &...

Third of protection clients nearly cancelled cover before claiming

Almost a third of protection claimants at Waddle Insurance had considered cancelling or had...

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