Press releases for January 2016

01 February 2016

Aimed at both accomplished and first time landlords, in addition to investors, developers and Buy-to-Let professionals, Property Finance Expo will take place on 15th September 2016 at Old Billingsgate...

01 February 2016

A secured loan can be used in many situations to help get a client get their finances back on the right track. When the client has a poor credit profile or CCJ(s) they often don’t want to go down the ...

29 January 2016

New product solves an old headache 29th January 2016 – Keycare, the UK’s leading expert in key recovery and assistance products and services, has today launched a new intermediary only Landlords’ ins...

29 January 2016

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) Leeds is now open for brokers, IFAs and financial intermediaries to register for the event on 20th April at the Royal Armouries. Stands are already selling fast, with Ald...

28 January 2016

United Trust Bank has launched two new products aimed at simplifying the financial side of the development process for SME builders and developers. The first, a ‘Build to Let’ finance solution is aim...

28 January 2016

The specialist buy-to-let and commercial mortgage network, Connect for Intermediaries, now has over one hundred Appointed Representative members operating under its umbrella. Following the FCA taking...

27 January 2016

Specialist finance broker, The Loans Engine, today (27th January 2016) announced it has been appointed to mortgage and protection network, Stonebridge Group’s specialist lending panel. In selecting i...

27 January 2016

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (27th January 2016) announced a number of new Affiliate members from across a range of associated mar...

26 January 2016

Foundation Home Loans, the Bracknell based specialist lender, has appointed Emma Lightfoot as Marketing Manager. Emma joins Foundation Home Loans from Secure Trust Bank, where she was Marketing Manag...

25 January 2016

The Dudley Building Society, the intermediary only lender, has launched new BTL products with four discounted rate and four fixed rate options covering purchase and remortgage. The Dudley has already...

25 January 2016

Latest independent research from Defaqto shows the growth in passive funds over the last 10 years. Passive investments can be either exchange traded or have the more traditional unit trust / open ende...

25 January 2016

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today (25th January 2016) announced that £1.2 billion of business flowed through its system in its first year of lending. The figure is comp...

22 January 2016

Following the recent introduction of the new RI0 range for Residential Investment, Shawbrook has made a series of pricing improvements and criteria enhancements to the Residential Refurbishment (RR) r...

21 January 2016

Clever Lending, the master broker, has seen a steady increase in bridging finance applications for a variety of uses above and beyond its use for buy to let property. Despite the stamp duty tax chang...

21 January 2016

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today (21st January 2016) announced the addition of adviser network, Personal Touch Financial Services, to its distributor panel. From today...

20 January 2016

Spain soars ahead with 46 per cent of overseas mortgage enquiries in 2015 Spain remains the top choice for Britons buying property abroad, according to Conti, the overseas mortgage specialist. The co...

20 January 2016

Masthaven Secured Loans (MSL), has announced the key appointment of Shelley Connelly as underwriting manager. With a career spanning 12 years in secured lending, Shelley has held key positions in bot...

19 January 2016

The latest publication from the independent researcher Defaqto sets out the opportunities for professional advisers presented by relevant life plans. Relevant life is a tax-efficient, cost effective m...

18 January 2016

Foundation Home Loans (FHL), the Bracknell based specialist BTL lender, believes that market forces will ensure that landlords do not have to look far in future to find lenders which do not overcharge...

18 January 2016

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today (18th January 2016) urged all mortgage advisers to take the keenest of interest in their clients’ choice of conveyancing firm to ensure...

18 January 2016

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (18th January 2016) launched the second edition of its Conveyancing Protocol. The Protocol was initi...

18 January 2016

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today (18th January 2016) announced its members placed £3.45 billion of mortgage completions through the distributor in 2015, a year-...

18 January 2016

Bank still setting the trend by being the only lender to openly publish these figures Shawbrook Bank’s Commercial Mortgages division has today released its service level agreement (SLA) figures for D...

15 January 2016

The Shawbrook Broker Barometer reveals brokers’ expectations for the market this year Regulatory changes are predicted to be at the forefront of challenges facing property investors this year, accord...

14 January 2016

Adviser support group, Tenet, reveals a year of steady growth in its annual report and accounts for the twelve months to 30 September 2015. Headline turnover increased by 9% to £136m and earnings* by ...

14 January 2016

SortRefer, the online intermediary portal, has added a self assessment tax return service for broker clients to its conveyancing and survey facilities. The new service is provided by U-Tax, SortRefer’...

14 January 2016

With effect from Thursday 14 January the changes below will be made to our mortgage product range. Family Building Society products are available to intermediaries via National Counties Building Soci...

13 January 2016

John Waddicker, Director at specialist broker Positive Commercial Finance, discusses the important role of having access to exclusive lenders on a panel and the flexibility they provide. We’ve all be...

13 January 2016

Mansfield Building Society has launched its specialist residential product to allow loans to be assessed against the improved valuation of a property to help borrowers fund significant or structural p...

12 January 2016

Shawbrook starts the New Year with a suite of changes to its Residential Investment range that includes new products and a commitment to improved SLAs across the application journey. Continuing from ...

12 January 2016

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today (12th January 2016) announced the second yearly winners and runners-up from its Lender and Provider Awards. The awards were vo...

11 January 2016

DMS Security Plans, the Gloucestershire based Short Term Income Replacement provider has just announced its 2015 Claims Paid Statistics. It is one of the few providers in the market sector which actua...

11 January 2016

Solent Mortgage Services (SMS), the specialist lending distributor, has announced the appointment of Debbie Robson as Office Manager. Having started her career in mortgages with the Halifax and then ...

11 January 2016

Broker Conveyancing, the broker-focused conveyancing distributor, has today (11th January 2016) announced a price reduction across its entire product range. From today, all conveyancing fees for sale...

11 January 2016

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today (11th January 2016) announced a number of changes to its product range which go live on its portal and sourcing systems immediately. K...

11 January 2016

Dudley Building Society has announced six additional products to its range from the start of 2016. The Society, which works exclusively through the intermediary market for its mortgage business, also...

11 January 2016

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has been delighted by the response from introducers to its Limited Company BTL product and since launching with pricing for the product at the same rate as for its core ran...

11 January 2016

Source Insurance, the specialist general insurance broker has added specialist managing general agent, Modus, to its panel.  Independently owned, Modus is backed by a number of Lloyd’s underwriters. ...

11 January 2016

Registration for the first Financial Services Expo of the year, to be held in Glasgow, is now open. FSE Glasgow, an adviser-centric event featuring the biggest lenders and providers from across the i...

08 January 2016

Paradigm Protect, the protection proposition for advisory firms, has today (8th January 2016) announced the addition of Scottish Widows Protect to its protection panel. Members of Paradigm Protect, w...

07 January 2016

General Insurance online platform, The Source has recruited a BDM to cover the West and South West of the UK following continued growth and expansion. Mark Bell-Langford joins Source from Assurant In...

07 January 2016

The Conveyancing Association (CA) , the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (7th January 2016) outlined what it sees as the major challenges for the market in 2016 as well as h...

07 January 2016

Alpha Bridging, the specialist bridging lender, has announced its membership of the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL). Alpha Bridging, which saw a fourfold increase in completed business in 20...

07 January 2016

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today (7th January 2016) announced an expansion of its sales team with the addition of two further field-based Business Development Managers ...

07 January 2016

Dudley Building Society, the only society to deal exclusively through the intermediary market, has announced that it has removed all upper age restrictions across its entire product range. In a move ...

06 January 2016

6 January 2016: Over three quarters of mortgage intermediaries anticipate selling more general insurance products in 2016 according to general insurance provider, Select & Protect. Commercial Directo...

06 January 2016

Tony Marshall, Managing Director of secured loan provider Equifinance, explains how second charge loans can help brokers’ clients with debts built up over the festive period. As the new year starts, ...

05 January 2016

Stonebridge Group, the mortgage and insurance network, has today (5th January 2016) announced it raised over £15k for two cancer charities, Macmillan Cancer Support and Cancer Research UK, during last...

05 January 2016

Complete FS, the specialist lending packager, has appointed Damian Cain as National Account Manager. Damian was one of the founding directors of Complete from 1993 until 2008, when he left to set up ...

05 January 2016

Broker Conveyancing, the broker-focused conveyancing distributor, has today (5th January 2016) announced details of its annual January tablet ‘giveaway’. During January every broker using Broker Conv...

04 January 2016

Masthaven Finance, having recently been included in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100, has today announced the completion of a £4.2m regulated bridging loan for Savills Private Finance (SPF) in j...

04 January 2016

TFC has rolled out its ‘free legals’ offer on Precise Mortgages deals to all brokers, following a successful trial period. The specialist distributor has teamed up with law firm Goldsmith Williams to...

04 January 2016

Roma Finance, the Manchester based bridging finance and development lender, has kicked off the new year with an updated product range. The company plans to triple its loan book in 2016 and by reviewin...