News

Record month for PRIMIS product desk

PRIMIS Mortgage Network's product desk helped appointed representative (AR) advisers with 2,491 queries in...

Paragon product switches available six months in advance

Paragon Bank has extended the window in which buy-to-let mortgage customers can lock in...

Fleet’s Bob Young announces retirement

Fleet Mortgages' CEO, Bob Young, is to retire in April after a career in...

Two senior appointments for Tenet&You

Tenet Group has appointed Simon Broadley as managing director of its owned adviser business,...

Bridge Help hires new BDM

Bridging loan provider, Bridge Help, has added to its business development team with the...

Skipton appoints BDM for the South West

Skipton Building Society for Intermediaries has appointed Steve Bond to the team of business...

Hinckley & Rugby leads charity’s 5k sponsorship

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society is leading the support for Lamp’s annual fundraising efforts...

Consumers outline what they think ‘long-term’ means

Canada Life has found that consumers generally view 'long-term' as a time period spanning...

Foundation Home Loans creates pair of managing directors

Foundation Home Loans lender has announced the creation of two managing directors. Kelly Pallister is...

ONS: 2021 ended with increase in house price growth

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that UK average house prices increased...

Hodge appoints new chief operating officer

Hodge has appointed former Ascentric chief executive, Rob Regan, as its new chief operating...

LV= to continue with payment break option

LV= is to carry on offering its payment break option permanently to maintain support...

Harpenden BS appoints commercial director

Mike Cutler has been appointed as Harpenden Building Society’s commercial director. In this newly created...

Octopus Real Estate added to Twenty7Tec’s SOURCE

Twenty7Tec has announced that Octopus Real Estate has added its mortgage product range to...

COMMENT

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

AI doesn’t remove bias. It gives us the chance to manage it

One of the great promises of artificial intelligence has always been objectivity. Machines, unlike people, do not have bad days. They do not favour...

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

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FCA bans CEO over fake €200m bond portfolio

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined and banned two former Blue Horizon Asset...

Pivotal reports 121% growth in second charge lending

Pivotal has reported a 121% year-on-year increase in second charge lending through its Believe...

ModaMortgages trims limited-edition five-year fixed rates

ModaMortgages has reduced rates by up to 10 basis points across its limited-edition five-year...

Providence agrees deal to acquire Hometrack

Providence Equity Partners has agreed to acquire Hometrack, the residential property valuation and risk...

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