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Tandem makes key digital and marketing appointments

Tandem has announced the appointment of Maria Khan as director of product and digital...

Skipton BS cuts over 40 mortgage rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates once again across its mortgage product range. The rate...

New brand identity for Sirius Finance

Sirius Finance has revealed a new brand identity which it argues provides a more...

Aldermore provides £47m refinance loan to Leeds property firm

Aldermore Bank has provided a subsidiary of the Pickard Properties Group with a £47m...

MPowered extends reach of 0.3% cashback offer

MPowered Mortgages has extended its 0.3% cashback offering across various products with fees up...

Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter hits 100th signatory

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has reached its 100th signatory milestone. The...

Try Mortgage Network adopts OMS

One Mortgage System (OMS) has been integrated by Try Mortgage Network across its proposition....

Smart Money People reveal firms with highest broker-ranked BDMs

Smart Money People, the financial services review site, has found that InterBay and Landbay...

LHV Bank makes key appointments to bolster SME lending

LHV Bank has made changes to its SME lending business with the appointment of...

Access FS and Nomo in Sharia property finance partnership

Access Financial Services (Access FS) has teamed up with Nomo Bank to offer customers...

Newcastle Intermediaries reduces buy-to-let rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has further reduced rates across its buy-to-let proposition by up to 0.30%, and...

Legal & General issues new lifetime mortgage pricing

Legal & General Home Finance has unveiled a new pricing approach for its lifetime...

Suffolk Building Society cuts selection of fixed rates

Suffolk Building Society has reduced the rates on its 95% loan to value (LTV)...

Tony Hall expands remit at Saffron BS

Saffron Building Society has revealed that Tony Hall will be taking on an expanded...

COMMENT

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Why post-contract variation is becoming the mortgage market’s next battleground

For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...

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Simplify’s trust gives £22,500 to nine local charities

The Simplify Charitable Trust has donated £22,500 to nine charities working in communities across...

Landlords turn to portfolio refinancing to fund expansion

More than three-quarters of landlords are considering refinancing their existing portfolios to fund further...

LiveMore launches mortgage for homes with spray foam insulation

LiveMore has launched a mortgage designed for homeowners whose properties have become difficult to...

House price growth slows to 2.7%

Annual UK house price growth slowed to 2.7% in May, down from 3.9% in...

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