Press releases for January 2021

01 February 2021

Source has been busy improving and updating their website, to make it easier to use and more straightforward to find the important information that their new and existing brokers need. Source is very...

01 February 2021

Leek United Building Society has announced its return to Portfolio BTL and Interest Only markets along with several product changes to support its intermediary partners. Following feedback from their...

01 February 2021

Air Group, the collective of companies covering a range of retirement and later life services, has today (1st February 2021) announced the appointment of Jon Tweed as its new Group Distribution Direct...

01 February 2021

Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says “When you consider that the housing market was effectively closed for two months in 2020, it is quite amazing to see that we ended the...

01 February 2021

Jonathan Sealey CEO of specialist short term lender Hope Capital, said: “It feels appropriate that on the day Parliament gets to debate the stamp duty holiday, and merits of an extension, it’s reveal...

01 February 2021

John Phillips, national operations director, Just Mortgages and Spicerhaart said, “2020 has been a perfect storm for the housing market. Despite economic difficulties, there was an avalanche of buyer...

01 February 2021

Castle Trust Bank has recruited Robert Oliver to become the specialist lender’s new Sales Director. Robert has more than 20 years’ experience in intermediary lending, having previously held roles wit...

01 February 2021

Portfolio management platform, Lendlord, has launched an Open Banking integration that allows landlords to automate their cashflow and bookkeeping. Lendlord has been approved by the FCA to partner w...

01 February 2021

Loans Warehouse has announced a triple appointment to its bridging finance panel as it continues to grow its proposition. Roma Finance joins the specialist brokerages panel along with fellow newcome...

01 February 2021

A ‘lending into retirement’ option is again available for borrowers looking to extend their term beyond their planned retirement age, across the Dudley Building Society range. The Society, which star...

01 February 2021

Since the appointment of their brand new Supervision and Development Manager, Michael Harrison, The Right Mortgage and Protection Network have been experiencing a tremendous amount of positive feedbac...

01 February 2021

Amanda Parsons (AAP Financial Solutions) was presented with the Best Individual Adviser Award at the prestigious Equity Release Awards on 28th January 2021 for her outstanding work in the equity relea...

28 January 2021

West One Loans’ buy-to-let division has announced its latest distribution partnership as it continues to roll-out growth plans for 2021, through Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG). PMS Mortgage Club and Ses...

28 January 2021

Martin Cheek, MD at AML specialist SmartSearch said: “This analysis from the National Economic Crime Centre highlights yet again one of the biggest loopholes in our financial system, which must be clo...

28 January 2021

Terrafirma, a leading provider of ground risk assessment, has today (28th January 2021) become the latest firm to join the Conveyancing Association, the leading trade body for the conveyancing industr...

28 January 2021

We are delighted to announce that Charles Hodge has joined us as Business Development Director. His role is to build relationships with intermediaries and businesses involved in providing procurement ...

28 January 2021

“Given the nature of 2020 and the upheaval that everyone had to deal with, it’s a positive that overall equity release lending remained at a strong level and just shy of £4bn for the year. The market ...

28 January 2021

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today (28th January 2021) cut the rate on its five-year buy-to-let fixed rate mortgage at 75% LTV. The five-year deal, available to...

28 January 2021

MCI Mortgage Club continues to expand its lender panel by adding a sixth building society in as many months. Mansfield Building Society is the latest mutual to come on board with MCI giving the club’...

28 January 2021

Impact Specialist Finance, the specialist mortgage broker and distributor, has received a full bridging mortgage offer from United Trust Bank (UTB) within 24 hours of delivering a fully packaged appli...

28 January 2021

HLPartnership, the privately owned mortgage & protection network, has warned that in the rush to complete property transactions by 31st March, it would be too easy to overlook putting buildings insura...

27 January 2021

Dudley Building Society has unveiled its new brand which includes a new and modernised logo with the strapline ‘Your Building Society’ to better reflect the central place in the community it serves lo...

27 January 2021

Leading FinTech solutions provider, Nivo, has surpassed a significant milestone in the development and adoption of its secure instant messaging service. Over 5 million messages have now been sent and ...

27 January 2021

- Saffron have launched updated FTB and BTL products, added 90% LTV products and returns to Limited Company Buy-to-Let lending. - All new and updated products available - to intermediaries only - fro...

26 January 2021

Landbay, one of the UK’s leading buy-to-let lenders, has today enhanced its entire range reducing rates on all products. It has also launched a new range of remortgage-only products with free valuatio...

26 January 2021

The regulated bridging lender Greenfield Mortgages is delighted to announce it has joined Legal & General Mortgage Club’s panel of specialist lenders. All of Greenfield Mortgages’ bridging products w...

26 January 2021

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has appointed Craig Kedian as Telephone Account Manager - North, and in doing so the business has reasserted the importance of the role in today’s market. Craig, who ...

26 January 2021

The specialist lender has announced a series of rate reductions Shawbrook has reduced rates across their Buy-to-Let product range by up to 0.55%, as part of on-going plans to enhance their offering ...

26 January 2021

As part of the partnership, Brightstar and Twenty7Tec will work together on delivering a number of landmark enhancements to the EasySource platform. These enhancements will align with additional new t...

26 January 2021

The MCI Mortgage Club has partnered with Key Partnerships, part of Key Group, to enable its members to refer clients who require advice on equity release to specialist advisers. Through the referral ...

26 January 2021

Mortgages for Business has promoted sales director Gavin Richardson to become its new chief operating officer - as MD Steve Olejnik begins a phased retirement from the specialist buy-to-let broker. T...

26 January 2021

BuildLoan has introduced a new low cost self build mortgage for borrowers who can inject more of their savings into their homebuilding project. This competitive new product from Chorley Building Soci...

26 January 2021

Fiduciam is extending its relationship with car manufacturer TVR through a further three-year £2 million loan, under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). Fiduciam has been a fina...

25 January 2021

United Trust Bank (UTB) has launched a ‘Fast-Track’ service for bridging applications. This new service was soft launched in Q4 2020 and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Supported by a ...

25 January 2021

Five new 85% products, 2, 3 and 5 year fixed and 2 year discount rates and a new part IO, part C&I discounted rate product Dudley Building Society has announced the launch of three new fixed rate pro...

25 January 2021

Specialist broker Loans Warehouse has further expanded its bridging panel with the inclusion of lender Glenhawk for regulated and unregulated deals. Glenhawk launched its first regulated bridging pr...

25 January 2021

Leading anti-money laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch, has launched a new service to help businesses identify the ultimate beneficial owner (UBO) of large corporates. The increased capability comes as...

25 January 2021

We are pleased to confirm that Buckinghamshire Building Society is welcoming new applications, as of 25 January, for the following products: - Family Assist - Impaired Credit - Expat Buy to Let To ...

25 January 2021

HLPartnership (HLP), the mortgage and protection network, has announced the appointment of James Makin, who joins the marketing team as Digital Marketing Manager James will support the marketing team...

25 January 2021

Jesper With-Fogstrup has started as the new Chief Executive Officer at ULS Technology, the conveyancing technology company. Jesper joined from HSBC, where he held the role of Global Head of Digital a...

25 January 2021

Castle Trust Bank has recruited Nick Bennett as its new Chief Technology & Operations Officer (CTOO). Nick has more than 15 years’ experience in technology and banking, having worked at Tandem Bank f...

21 January 2021

West One Loans’ buy-to-let division continues to open up its proposition to more brokers as it launches with Legal & General Mortgage Club today, the UK’s largest mortgage club. [Jan21]. Brokers will...

21 January 2021

John Phillips, national operations director, Just Mortgages and Spicerhaart said, “When the housing market reopened last year, the starting pistol was fired on what we initially thought may be a sprin...

21 January 2021

Nivo has partnered with Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) to launch a secure mobile instant messaging and document gathering service across its distribution of over 1,500 advisers. Having seen positive re...

21 January 2021

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today (21st January 2021) announced the launch of a new lender matrix outlining the approach of lenders to search indemnity insurance...

21 January 2021

Richard Pike, Phoebus Software’s sales and marketing director, says “The good news this morning is that, despite worries to the contrary, mortgage transactions are still getting through to completion....

21 January 2021

Commenting on the UK monthly property transactions figures, Jonathan Sealey CEO of specialist short term lender Hope Capital, said: “Traditionally December would see a slowdown in activity in the hous...

21 January 2021

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, residential valuations and surveys in the UK, has raised £5,070 over the course of December f...

21 January 2021

“The year clearly ended strongly for the equity release sector and we hope this can continue into the first few months of 2021 and the rest of the year. The financial impact of the pandemic can also b...

21 January 2021

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today (21st January 2021) announced a significant increase in recruitment expanding resources across its underwriting, new business ...

21 January 2021

Air Later Life Academy (LLA), the commercial and training organisation for later life advisers, has today (21st January 2021) announced its learning programme has now been fully accredited by The Lond...

21 January 2021

Experts reveal the importance of adhering to GDPR regulations whilst working from home With many Brits back to working from home until at least mid-February, experts reveal what both staff and employ...

20 January 2021

CRM and mortgage management system, Mortgage Magic, has announced it will be adding an equity release module as the latest enhancement to its platform. The module will be available to adviser firms w...

20 January 2021

Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says “The housing market has been on an upward trajectory ever since the first lockdown restrictions were eased and the stamp duty holiday ...

20 January 2021

Roma Finance, the bridging, buy-to-let and development finance lender, has increased its loan to value and will now consider applications up to 75% on residential bridging finance; a 5% increase on pr...

20 January 2021

James Bloom has been appointed to the Board of Alternative Bridging Corporation, the short-term lender and Alternative Investment Fund Manager, following formal approval by the FCA. James, who has o...

20 January 2021

As 2020 draws to a close, most of us are looking forward to ending one of the strangest years in memory and starting fresh in 2021. With a buoyant housing market and the vaccine being rolled out acros...

20 January 2021

Over 120 people from across the industry have joined together to support this years Loans Warehouse charity fitness challenge in support of New Hope. Every year, the specialist broker, sets its direc...

20 January 2021

Newly rebranded West One has become the first specialist lender to join the Society for Mortgage Professionals (SMP) as an associate firm. The SMP, which is part of the Chartered Insurance Institute,...

19 January 2021

The most recent Shawbrook Broker Barometer reveals a positive sentiment amongst brokers, as the UK continues to live with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic Shawbrook’s most recent Broker Barometer*...

19 January 2021

United Trust Bank (UTB) has agreed to fund a development of 14 luxury two and three bedroom apartments and ground floor commercial space being undertaken by developers Harrington Homes. The 3-storey ...

19 January 2021

Griffins has become the latest professional organisation to join the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) as an associate member. Griffins provides insolvency, litigation and forensic services t...

19 January 2021

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) and Financial Services Horizons (FSH) have entered into an exclusive strategic partnership agreement. This is the latest partnership between Phoebus and a number of diff...

19 January 2021

Metro Bank has partnered with Brilliant Solutions, the direct-to-lender mortgage club, opening up access to a wider range of mortgage brokers. The bank is partnering with Brilliant Solutions to incre...

19 January 2021

Quarterly Rent Index suggests pandemic is pushing tenants to seek more space Bristol, - UK rent levels continued to rise faster for larger properties during the last quarter of 2020, according to The...

19 January 2021

Leading UK anti-money laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch is warning businesses against ignoring European Union money laundering directives, following the UK’s departure from the EU at the start of the ...

18 January 2021

MBT Affordability provides brokers with one easy to use platform to find out which lenders best match the affordability and criteria requirements of their clients. The addition of Pepper Money to the ...

18 January 2021

According to a nationwide broker feedback survey conducted by independent review and insight platform, Smart Money People (SMP), Dudley Building Society has established itself in the top ten among 44 ...

18 January 2021

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced the rates on its two and five-year 85% LTV mortgage range with rates now as low as 2.75% and no product fees on selected products. Cuts of up to 0.29% have been m...

18 January 2021

MCI Mortgage Club continues to expand the range of building societies on its panel by adding the regional lender, Swansea Building Society. Swansea Building Society offers a personalised tailored com...

18 January 2021

West One Loans’ buy-to-let division continues its growth strategy for 2021 with new product launches aimed at broadening its product range and offering lower pricing on some of its products. The new ...

18 January 2021

Loans Warehouse has appointed Greg Chase to its Short Term Finance team as it continues to expand despite the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Chase will be tasked with further expanding the specialist brok...

18 January 2021

Aspen’s desktop valuations approach has saved a developer from significant penalty charges, with the lender able to confirm their £1.45m offer on Christmas Eve having only received the application on ...

18 January 2021

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has appointed Adam Tauber as Specialist Underwriter – Development Finance. Adam, who joins from Affirmative Finance where he held the title of Relationship Manager, w...

15 January 2021

Amy Wilson has been appointed as The Right Mortgage and Protection Network Head of General Insurance, in which she will continue to lead the network’s private medical insurance (PMI) division known as...

14 January 2021

More than half (54%) of brokers and intermediaries responding to the United Trust Bank (UTB) end of year broker sentiment poll indicated that they had undershot their 2020 business projections. Of tho...

14 January 2021

The UK’s largest property services group, Countrywide, has announced that Countrywide Surveying Services has renewed its partnership with Santander through a contracted appointment to be the bank’s pr...

14 January 2021

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (14th January 2021) launched the fourth iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q4 2020 rental yields across England. The re...

14 January 2021

Today eKeeper launches its latest product “Intermediary Manager” to all financial institutions who manage relationships with intermediary and financial services related businesses. Recognising a key ...

14 January 2021

Brightstar Financial has partnered with Selina Finance to provide semi-exclusive distribution of the lender’s overdraft-style lending facilities. Selina Finance offers pre-approved credit facilities ...

14 January 2021

West One is starting 2021 with its biggest ever set of second charge changes including rate reductions and a major overhaul of processes and supporting criteria. These latest improvements are designe...

14 January 2021

Knowledge Bank, the UK’s largest mortgage criteria search system, has promoted Matthew Corker to the position of operations director. Knowledge Bank provides brokers with the ability to search over 12...

13 January 2021

The specialist lender has appointed VAS as their new panel manager Shawbrook has widened their valuation panel with the appointment of VAS Group to further support brokers across their bridging finan...

12 January 2021

Pure Retirement and Phoebus Software Limited have signed a new contract. The equity release specialist has used the Phoebus solution to originate and service its later life lending products since its ...

12 January 2021

Covéa Insurance will be joining the likes of AXA, Ageas, LV=, RSA and UK General on Uinsure’s Adviser Platform, driving even greater pricing competitiveness and expanding the total insurers on its Hom...

12 January 2021

Equifinance, the specialist second charge lender, is pleased to announce the appointment of Shawbrook joint founder, Philip George, as a Non-Executive Director (NED). Philip joins Managing Director T...

12 January 2021

Mortgage Broker Tools has launched MBT Analytics – a unique platform that gives lenders live insights into the affordability environment. MBT Analytics provides lenders with a bespoke data-driven int...

12 January 2021

Successful Amethyst Crystal campaign extended to coincide with launch. Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has released the first of 12 Health and Wellbeing video interviews in which leading industry pe...

12 January 2021

The specialist lender has announced changes to their prime second charge product Shawbrook has increased the maximum loan size across their prime second charge mortgage proposition, with changes impa...

12 January 2021

UK, January 12 2020: Pepper Money is the latest lender to go live on Affordability Hub, the affordability-based sourcing system from mortgage technology expert Mortgage Brain. Affordability Hub for...

11 January 2021

- Leading anti-money laundering software provider launches new tool to show live sentiment towards all high street and digital banks - Tool launched as 93% of consumers rely on online reviews to infor...

11 January 2021

United Trust Bank (UTB) has increased the maximum LTV available on its standard and light refurbishment bridging loans to 65% with immediate effect Key features of UTB’s bridging offering include: ...

11 January 2021

Aspen is starting 2021 on the front foot with the launch of a new Light Development bridge and an increase in its maximum loan size to £5m net across the whole product range. Covering residential co...

11 January 2021

MagiClick, a leading provider of digital technology and design capabilities with a strong presence across Turkey and the MENA region, announces its acquisition of Dock9 as part of its strategy to beco...

11 January 2021

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, residential valuations and surveys in the UK, has appointed John Baguley as Director of Risk ...

11 January 2021

Former Prestige Finance director of operations Nick Rember is set to join Loans Warehouse in the newly created role of Secured Loan Operation Director. Rember is a well-known face in the second charg...

11 January 2021

Castle Trust Bank has become the latest lender to join the Mortgage Market Alliance (MMA) as a founder member. The MMA launched last year to provide a collaborative voice for the mortgage industry in...

11 January 2021

Greymax Capital has become the latest lender to join the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL). Based in London, Greymax Capital offers a return to true relationship bridging, operating with priva...

08 January 2021

Jonathan Frankel is a specialist in leasehold enfranchisement law who heads up a growing division dedicated to resolving the issue at Cavendish Legal Group, part of top 100 law firm O’Neill Patient. ...

08 January 2021

Roma Finance has joined Legal & General Mortgage Club’s panel to expand the distribution of its bridging, development and buy-to-let proposition. The club’s member firms will now be able to register ...

08 January 2021

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (8th January 2021) announced a range of price cuts across its five-year fixed-rate mortgage range. The five-year fixed rates available are...

08 January 2021

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has continued its ongoing dialogue with HM Treasury, with a letter proposing collaboration on any potential extension to the enforcement moratorium, follow...

07 January 2021

Jonathan Frankel is a specialist in leasehold enfranchisement law, who heads up a growing division dedicated to resolving the issue at Cavendish Legal Group, part of top 100 law firm O’Neill Patient. ...

07 January 2021

UK, January 07 2020: Almost forty mortgage lenders are now supplying updates through the lender service level report from mortgage technology expert Mortgage Brain. The heightened levels of activit...

07 January 2021

“The CA is, and has been, very supportive of the Law Commission reports published last year on leasehold enfranchisement, commonhold and Right to Manage. However, we have been concerned to see what th...

07 January 2021

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today (7th January 2021) announced a refresh of its entire range of specialist buy-to-let and residential products. In the buy-to-l...

07 January 2021

National residential surveying and valuations firm, SDL Surveying, has today (6th January 2021) outlined additional guidance and safety procedures to its surveyors in order that they can continue to s...

07 January 2021

Zephyr Homeloans, the specialist buy-to-let lender, has introduced an online Self-Serve platform, allowing customers to manage their mortgage account online 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Landlor...

07 January 2021

New research from criteria search specialist Knowledge Bank in December shows a shake up in the mortgage market as lenders, mortgage brokers and clients look to adjust to the shifting landscape. Knowl...

07 January 2021

Kuflink, the P2P based bridging lender, has announced that its platform has just passed the £100 million mark as new investment levels continue to accelerate. The company launched its P2P proposition...

06 January 2021

Specialist lender, Roma Finance has become the latest founder member to join the Mortgage Market Alliance (MMA). Roma Finance offers a range of short-term finance solutions for bridging, refurbishmen...

06 January 2021

Specialist lender West One Loans is expanding its buy-to-let division with a number of senior hires and vacancies for a range of roles, as it rolls out its growth plans for 2021. The announcement com...

06 January 2021

eKeeper has launched a new customer relationship management (CRM) system for lenders, named Intermediary Manager. eKeeper’s new CRM system can also be used by other product providers, such as savings ...

05 January 2021

Commenting on the latest lockdown measures, John Dobson, CEO at AML specialists SmartSearch, said: “Although in some ways it feels a lot like March 2020 all over again, there are some significant diff...

05 January 2021

Suros Capital, the luxury asset lender, announced today that it has joined the lender panel of specialist distributor, Loans Warehouse. Suros’ unique short term finance proposition will now be availab...

05 January 2021

Roma Finance is delighted to announce the expansion of the sales and relationship team including the appointment of Laleta Buctkuar as Key Account Manager and the transition of Emma Barker and Daniel ...

05 January 2021

Commenting on the latest lockdown guidance for the housing market Melanie Spencer, head of the MCI Club, says “The fact that we are in another lockdown is becoming a bit like déjà vu. However where th...

05 January 2021

Just Mortgages, one of the largest mortgage and protection advice firms in the UK, has today launched its new wealth division. Named, Just Wealth, it will be headed up by David Magee, who brings over ...

05 January 2021

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, residential valuations and surveys in the UK, is holding its first ever virtual annual confer...

04 January 2021

In response to this morning’s Bank of England Money and Credit stats, Jonathan Sealey, CEO of specialist short term lender Hope Capital, says record-breaking numbers will continue to put pressure on t...

04 January 2021

Commenting on the Bank of England Money and Credit figures released today John Phillips, national operations director of broker firm, Just Mortgages, said: “The increase in approvals to levels we’ve n...

04 January 2021

The specialist lender overcame challenges to meet the customer’s tight deadline Shawbrook has supported a customer with an urgent £7.8m loan to refinance a development facility on a purpose-built stu...

04 January 2021

Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says “The news from the draft Welsh budget will no doubt have the market looking to the UK government for an idea on what may happen when t...

04 January 2021

- Saffron for Intermediaries is holding its fourth SFI Live webinar event, offering the chance to speak to their in-house Underwriting Team Manager Iain Rashbrook. - As part of the interactive webinar...

04 January 2021

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (4th January 2021) announced the promotion of Steve Cox who becomes its new Chief Commercial Officer. Formerly Distribution Director, Flee...