Press releases for January 2024
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01 February 2024
Here are some comments on today’s MPC BBR announcement from Rob Clifford, Chief Executive of mortgage and protection network, Stonebridge: “Few will be surprised by the Bank’s decision to keep BBR on...
01 February 2024
Just Mortgages is one of the largest mortgage brokers in the UK, with more than 650 advisers working across both employed and self-employed divisions. It is part of Spicerhaart, the UK’s largest indep...
01 February 2024
Just Mortgages is one of the largest mortgage brokers in the UK, with more than 650 advisers working across both employed and self-employed divisions. It is part of Spicerhaart, the UK’s largest indep...
01 February 2024
Just Mortgages is one of the largest mortgage brokers in the UK, with more than 650 advisers working across both employed and self-employed divisions. It is part of Spicerhaart, the UK’s largest indep...
01 February 2024
Just Mortgages is one of the largest mortgage brokers in the UK, with more than 650 advisers working across both employed and self-employed divisions. It is part of Spicerhaart, the UK’s largest indep...
01 February 2024
MorganAsh provides the award-winning MorganAsh Resilience System (MARS) to enable brokers, advisers and financial services firms to better manage and evaluate consumer vulnerability and comply with Co...
01 February 2024
Mark Tosetti, Group Partnerships Director at Movera, a group of home moving businesses including ONP Solicitors, commented: “It comes as no surprise that the Bank of England has held the bank rate at...
01 February 2024
Following today’s Bank of England base rate announcement, please see a comment below from Simon Webb at LiveMore, the mortgage lender for the 50 to 90+ age group. Simon Webb, managing director of cap...
01 February 2024
Paradigm, the mortgage, protection and compliance services proposition, has today (1st February 2024) announced it has added residential and commercial bridging loan provider, TAB, to its lender panel...
01 February 2024
Brilliant Solutions, the mortgage club and specialist mortgage packager, has today announced a significant expansion in its leadership team including two new directorship positions. The business has a...
01 February 2024
One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, has announced a full application programming interface (API) integration with leading convey...
01 February 2024
“Last year presented market conditions resulting in an incredibly difficult year and one of the most challenging we’ve probably experienced within the industry so far, with the market down over 50% in...
01 February 2024
“Last year presented market conditions resulting in an incredibly difficult year and one of the most challenging we’ve probably experienced within the industry so far, with the market down over 50% in...
31 January 2024
Reflecting on 2023’s achievements, 360 Lifecycle facilitated an outstanding £35 billion in lending. Q2 marked a record-breaking quarter with over £10.5 billion of mortgages written, leading to the cr...
31 January 2024
Please find a comment on this morning’s property transaction figures from Adam at Phoebus. When it comes to 'property transaction' figures the timeline has to be considered - Comment on the HMRC pro...
31 January 2024
Following the release of the latest property transactions statistics, which showed a dip in transactions in December, please find a comment from national brokerage Just Mortgages. Just Mortgages is o...
31 January 2024
Following this morning’s property transactions announcement, please find a comment below from Maria Harris, chair of the Open Property Data Association. Maria Harris, chair of the Open Property Data ...
31 January 2024
Following the release of this morning’s property transactions data, here is a comment from Movera. Mark Tosetti, Group Partnerships Director at Movera, a group of home moving businesses including ONP...
31 January 2024
Firms must relinquish outdated and time-consuming compliance processes in light of tighter budgets and increasing regulatory burden, digital compliance experts at SmartSearch have warned. Collette Al...
31 January 2024
Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), the independent mortgage and protection network, has today (31stJanuary) announced a partnership with conveyancing panel, SortRefer. The new relationship will p...
31 January 2024
Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, and Viva Retirement Solutions, the later life advisory firm, have today announced a renewed partnership with a new long-term deal. The new a...
31 January 2024
• Pure Retirement has joined the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) as a full member • IMLA now has a total of 66 full and associate members including banks, building societies, non-ban...
31 January 2024
• Pure Retirement has joined the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) as a full member • IMLA now has a total of 66 full and associate members including banks, building societies, non-ban...
30 January 2024
Adam Oldfield, chief revenue officer at Phoebus Software, says “It’s good to start the year with some positive news, mortgage approvals up and consumer credit down, even in the month before Christmas....
30 January 2024
Sirius Finance has today unveiled a new brand identity for the business as part of its exciting year of evolution in 2024. The London-based specialist finance brokerage says the new branding provides...
30 January 2024
Re the reporting on the Bank of England Money and Credit data published this morning, here is a comment from Simon Webb at LiveMore, the mortgage lender for people aged 50 to 90+. Simon Webb, managin...
30 January 2024
Tandem, the UK’s greener digital bank, has announced the appointment of Maria Khan, as Director of Product and Digital, and Chris Parker, as Head of Marketing. As Director of Product and Digital, Mar...
30 January 2024
LHV Bank has strategically reinforced its SME Lending business with the appointment of a new Director of SME Lending and expansion of the team with new Relationship Managers and Underwriters. LHV Ban...
30 January 2024
Smart Money People, the UK’s dedicated financial services review site, has found that InterBay and Landbay BDMs have been rated the highest satisfaction with brokers (94%) during its latest research. ...
30 January 2024
One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, has been integrated by Try Mortgage Network across its proposition. Try Mortgage Network ha...
30 January 2024
Access Financial Services (Access FS) has partnered with Nomo Bank to offer customers access to Sharia compliant property finance for UK rental and residential property. The products address a clear g...
30 January 2024
Just Wealth, the financial services arm of national brokerage Just Mortgages, has enhanced its internal training for both new and existing wealth advisers. Developed in-house by Just Wealth and its l...
29 January 2024
Nearly one in three people (28%) have considered moving to a new area to reduce housing costs as a result of the cost-of-living crisis, according to the latest Pepper Money Specialist Lending Study. ...
29 January 2024
Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), the independent mortgage and protection network, has today (xx January) announced a new partnership with specialist buy-to-let lender, Quantum Mortgages. The int...
29 January 2024
Specialising in bridging and development finance, plus mezzanine and equity finance Mortimer Street Capital has launched as a specialist real estate advisory business providing clients with bridging,...
26 January 2024
Brightstar is delighted to announce that it has reached the incredible milestone of 3,000 Trustpilot reviews. A double winner of the Sunday Times Best Small Company to Work for, Brightstar is proud...
26 January 2024
● 90% LTV rates now starting from 4.74% ● 3-year fixed rates up to 95% LTV reduced by up to 0.25% ● 2-year fixed rates up to 95% LTV reduced by up to 0.20% ● Application to offer time continues to imp...
26 January 2024
Agency (NCA) has just published an amber alert, warning of criminal exploitation by sanctioned high net-worth individuals. “The January 2024 alert is this time aimed at the art world, but all UK regu...
25 January 2024
Tandem, the UK’s greener digital bank, has today announced a significant reduction for its residential second charge mortgage products, by up to 90bps, effective immediately. Further rate discounts a...
25 January 2024
● Business Banking Secured Loans available up to 75% maximum LTV ● Loan sizes over £1m available up to 70% LTV ● Application to AIP time is currently averaging one working day following host of chang...
25 January 2024
Suros Capital, the luxury asset lender, has reported a rise in applications for urgent funding to pay tax bills before the January 31st deadline. The lender has seen a 36% spike in the number of enqu...
25 January 2024
Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of property risk management, valuations and customer surveys in the UK, has today (25th January 2024) announced that it has renewed i...
24 January 2024
National brokerage Just Mortgages has opened nominations for its new leadership programme, designed to find and develop future leaders within its talented employed division. The programme enables man...
24 January 2024
Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), the independent mortgage and protection network, has today (24th January 2024) announced it raised £2,705 for two charity partners at its recent Annual Conference ...
24 January 2024
Hanley Economic Building Society has ramped up its first-time buyer (FTB) offering by reducing the rate on its two-year 95% LTV fee-free fixed rate product by 0.70%. This now has a headline rate of 5...
24 January 2024
Paradigm, the mortgage, protection and compliance services proposition, has today (24th January 2024) announced the addition of Penrith Building Society to its lender panel. From today, Paradigm memb...
23 January 2024
Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has today (23rd January 2024) announced the appointment of a new Business Development Manager (BDM) focusing on providing business support to ...
23 January 2024
MorganAsh, a support services provider to the financial services and utilities sectors, has appointed Johnny Timpson OBE as its new chairman, subject to FCA approval. The news comes as MorganAsh expa...
23 January 2024
Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today (23rd January 2024) announced the launch of ‘Solutions by Foundation’, a new suite of broad and specialist criteria and produc...
23 January 2024
Molo’s buy-to-let fixed rates start from 3.94% for UK residents and 7.54% for non-UK residents News Highlights ● Molo announces reductions across its buy-to-let fixed rate products by up to 71bps ● ...
23 January 2024
Vida cuts fixed rates by up to 1.05% • Standard residential and Buy to Let (BTL) fixed rates reduced • Reductions of up to 1.05% on residential and 0.80% for BTL Vida, the specialist lender, have an...
23 January 2024
Specialist short-term lender Black & White Bridging has announced two improvements to its truly transparent product set. Borrowers who use Black & White’s Sales Period Bridge can now benefit by kee...
22 January 2024
Adrian Moloney, Group Intermediary Director, OSB Group has been appointed to the Board of InterBay, the specialist commercial and semi-commercial lender that is part of parent company OSB Group. Adri...
22 January 2024
More than four in 10 (43%) of people with adverse credit say their level of debt has increased in the last 12 months, according to the latest Pepper Money Specialist Lending Study. This is up from 3...
22 January 2024
Mansfield Building Society has launched its new Credit Repair proposition to help borrowers get their finances back on track. The new product range provides welcome relief for borrowers who have expe...
22 January 2024
Aspen has completed a £1.7m Development Exit bridge at near 80% LTV in just 20 days, with offer acceptance to completion being turned around in only 72 hours. The developer, a returning Aspen custom...
22 January 2024
Landbay has become the first dedicated buy-to-let lender to integrate automated valuation models (AVM), to speed up offer times significantly. AVMs are available on a new standalone range of five-yea...
22 January 2024
Kuflink, the award winning short term lender, is celebrating having had a record year, along with acknowledging the adoption of new technology that is already revolutionising the application to comple...
19 January 2024
United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has reduced interest rates across its Second Charge Loan range by up to 70bps and 5yr fixed rates for prime borrowers now start from just 6.59%. T...
18 January 2024
Members of the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) are contributing to vital work by the Digital Property Market Steering Group (DPMSG) which has today published its roadmap to drive crucial change ...
18 January 2024
Mortgages for Business is rebranding. The buy-to-let intermediary, which was founded in 1990, will now be known as Mortgage Finance Brokers. Gavin Richardson, the managing director of Mortgage Fina...
18 January 2024
So, here’s the dilemma. You may be a very experienced mortgage advisor, with an authorisation that allows you to advise on interest only mortgages that take your customers passed retirement age. You m...
18 January 2024
Nearly three quarters (73%) of regulated firms that take on new individual customers and business clients, have yet to start verifying the sources of their clients’ funds using open banking – a system...
18 January 2024
The Brightstar Group has announced that it is adopting a group-wide strategy to support team members in their pursuit of achieving the Certified Practitioner of Specialist Property Finance (CPSP) and ...
17 January 2024
Greenfield Mortgages has announced a rate reduction for their bridging loans, which now start at 0.72% per month. Richard Keen, National Account Manager at Greenfield Mortgages, commented on the anno...
17 January 2024
“On the face of it, an annual drop of 2.1% paints a gloomy picture for the market, however there may be a slight lag compared to other house price indicators which are leaning towards a more positive ...
17 January 2024
Newcastle Intermediaries has launched a new range of Base Rate Tracker (BRT) products to complement its recently reduced range of fixed rate products. The new range of two-year BRT products come with...
17 January 2024
Zephyr Homeloans, the specialist buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage provider, has announced reductions across its five-year and two-year fixed rate mortgages - of 65 basis points (bps) and 55bps, respectively....
17 January 2024
Following the release of the latest ONS consumer price inflation figures, which shows UK inflation increase to 4.0% - the first increase in almost a year, here is a comment from MorganAsh. MorganAsh ...
17 January 2024
Following the announcement from the ONS this morning, here’s a comment from Adam at Phoebus: “Adam Oldfield, chief revenue officer at Phoebus Software, says “Predictions of another fall in inflation ...
17 January 2024
George Leonard and Finlay Yilmaz have become the most recent alumni to join Aspen Bridging’s acclaimed Graduate Recruitment Scheme (GRS). George achieved a 2:1 in Mathematics at the University of Bri...
17 January 2024
Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (17th January 2024) released the latest iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q4 2023 rental yields across England and Wale...
16 January 2024
InterBay, part of the leading specialist lender OSB Group, has relaunched its full product range with reduced rates and new products to help their intermediary brokers with commercial and semi-commerc...
16 January 2024
Now in their fifth year, the Specialist Mortgage Web Shows are back again for 2024. If you are a finance professional, this is certainly an event you do not want to miss. Expert lender speakers delive...
16 January 2024
J3 Advisory, specialist insurance and property funding firm, has appointed Peter MacAllan as Director of the Debt Advisory team. Peter joins the leadership team, bringing over two decades of experienc...
16 January 2024
A recent survey conducted by mortgage network, HLPartnership, (HLP) reveals a striking wave of optimism about prospects for the mortgage market in 2024 with approximately 90% of their members expressi...
16 January 2024
The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and DA Club have today (16th January 2024) announced a range of Kick Off meetings for both appointed representative (AR) and directly authorised member firms. ...
16 January 2024
Law firm supporters and sponsors are now able to show their support for National Conveyancing Week (NCW), which will take place between the 11th and 15th March 2024. NCW is a week-long series of onli...
15 January 2024
Norton Broker Services has launched an unsecured business finance offering to help brokers to better serve their self-employed clients and diversify their income. The specialist distributor has part...
15 January 2024
OMS host Tech Talks event discussing the future of technology in the mortgage sector One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for mortgage inter...
15 January 2024
Alternative Bridging Corporation has launched a Winter Promotion offering to refund valuation and lender legal fees on applications received before the end of January. As part of the promotion a refu...
15 January 2024
Colleagues across OSB Group, have welcomed Kelly Iles as she joins the business in a newly created role as Group Customer & Consumer Duty Director. Kelly will have responsibility for ensuring all cust...
15 January 2024
United Trust Bank (UTB) is continuing to grow its Deposits Solutions service by appointing Niki Cole to the role of Business Development Manager – Deposits. UTB launched its Deposit Solutions service...
15 January 2024
Nearly six in 10 (58%) customers with adverse credit would seek the advice of a mortgage broker, according to the latest Pepper Money Specialist Lending Study. The study found that of those people wit...
15 January 2024
Dudley Building Society has today (15th January 2024) announced the appointments of Sarah Rose and Cavina Harrison as Key Account Managers. Sarah and Cavina will cover the North and South of England ...
15 January 2024
Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has today (15th January 2024) welcomed advisory practice, Windsor Hill Mortgages, back to the network as one of its latest appointed represent...
15 January 2024
Loans Warehouse has today announced the appointment of Natalie McNamara, as Head of Network Growth & Distribution. The former Head of Relationships of from Finova joins with a specific brief to lead ...
12 January 2024
New range includes new 2-year fixed rates for both buy-to-let and semi-commercial Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced an expansion of its specialist buy-to-let and semi-commercial mortgage rang...
12 January 2024
Buy-to-let lender Landbay has announced its second round of rate cuts this week across its product ranges, with two-year rates now starting at 3.94%. Landbay has cut rates across the standard two-yea...
12 January 2024
Suros Capital, the luxury asset backed short term lender, has announced that it will now lend to companies in addition to its existing service to individuals. Limited companies in England and Wales w...
12 January 2024
Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (12th January 2024) cut rates again on all two-, five- and seven-year fixes across its three core ranges: standard, limited company and HMO...
12 January 2024
The Conveyancing Association (CA) - the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has today (12th January 2024) announced an update of its Estate Agent Best Practice Guide. The Guide, launch...
12 January 2024
Following the release of the latest ONS construction output figures, which shows a decrease in construction output in November and the three months to November, here is a comment from Beard Constructi...
11 January 2024
OSB Group, the specialist savings and lending bank has hit the ground running in 2024 by unveiling a new senior sales structure, designed to offer further support to intermediary broker partners acros...
11 January 2024
Latest deal raises £300m to support the mortgage lending specialist in providing brokers and their customers with solutions to complex mortgage needs. Belmont Green, trading as Vida Homeloans, has is...
11 January 2024
As the winter season unfolds, Buckinghamshire Building Society is thrilled to announce our upcoming event - the "Week of Winter Product Drops." Starting next Monday, brace yourselves for an exhilarat...
11 January 2024
Regulated firms risk becoming enablers for sanction evasion by trusting long-term client relationships over critical compliance checks, new survey data can reveal. ¬¬¬¬¬¬ A staggering 41 percent of f...
11 January 2024
Phoebus, the financial services technology firm, has joined UK trade body the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) as an associate member. A leading provider of technology platform systems and servi...
11 January 2024
Property Circle, the growth platform for mortgage brokers, estate agents and letting agents, has appointed Sarah Hartwell to the role of National Account Manager. Sarah has had over thirty years’ exp...
11 January 2024
CLS Money recently announced key promotions within its leadership team, marking a significant milestone in the company's growth. Paul Merrett has ascended to the role of Sales Director, Gemma May has ...
11 January 2024
Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today (11th January 2024) reduced rates on both its Buy-to-Let and Owner-Occupied Specials. The Buy-to-Let Specials Range changes i...
11 January 2024
Research commissioned by the Land, Planning and Development Federation (LPDF) and United Trust Bank (UTB) was conducted by planning and development consultancy Lichfields, shows that the time taken fo...
10 January 2024
The Conveyancing Association (CA) - the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has today (10th January 2024) announced the full Agenda of speakers and presentations at its Annual Conferenc...
10 January 2024
Precise Mortgages, part of the OSB Group, has announced reduced rates and new products across their residential mortgage range to help brokers support customers with greater choice and flexibility aro...
10 January 2024
Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries is unveiling a range of enhancements to its product transfer and further advance offerings, including raising its procuration fee for product transfers and further a...
10 January 2024
Source Insurance are delighted to announce their latest system update with their updated adviser platform; The Source. Collaborating with their specially formed Adviser Insight Forum, Source worked cl...
10 January 2024
Roma Finance, has appointed Amer Watson and Shahed Popat as business development managers as its first action in 2024. Amer, who joins from MS Lending, has a wealth of expertise in the financial ser...
10 January 2024
Just Mortgages, one of the UK’s largest mortgage brokerages, has strengthened its growing self-employed division with the appointment of Nick Savage to the role of area director. Based in South East ...
10 January 2024
The specialist buy-to-let lender has lowered rates by up to 0.78% on its CHL 2 product range. The CHL 2 product range has flexible criteria that caters for the more complex client and property types....
10 January 2024
Pepper Money has cut prices across its entire product range, with rates reduced by as much as 0.98%. The largest rate reduction is on a Pepper 18 Light 5-year fixed rate up to 80% LTV, which has bee...
10 January 2024
One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, has announced a partnership with The Brightstar Group to become its primary tech provider. ...
10 January 2024
United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has started 2024 by announcing substantial rate reductions and criteria changes for its Buy-to-Let mortgage range. The specialist lender has reduc...
09 January 2024
Buy-to-let lender Landbay has kicked off the new year with a major rate reduction across its entire standard five-year fixed rate product range, with rates falling by as much as 0.46%. The product ra...
08 January 2024
● Prime mortgage rates reduced by up to 0.30% ● All Near Prime rates reduced by 0.20% Atom bank, the UK’s first app-based bank, has today reduced Prime mortgage rates by up to 0.30%, plus all Near ...
08 January 2024
Following the mortgage lender’s December rate reductions, LiveMore has further reduced mortgage rates across its entire range of products by up to 0.71%. LiveMore, which lends exclusively to people a...
08 January 2024
United Trust Bank (UTB) is sending a clear message to brokers that it is open for business in 2024 with a raft of enhancements and rate reductions of up to 14 bps across its range of regulated and unr...
08 January 2024
Mansfield Building Society has re-launched residential mortgage products linked to a Lifetime Discount follow-on rate that kicks-in after the initial product term ends. The new follow-on rate, 1.74% ...
08 January 2024
StrideUp has reduced rates on its 2-, 5- and 10-year fixed rate products by 80bps. 10-year fixed rates start from 5.49%. Both its 2- and 5-year fixed rates now start from 5.99%. The StrideUp range is...
06 January 2024
Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates by up to 0.65% across its range of residential products. The reductions include competitive rates available up to 95% LTV and with rates starting from 4.65...
05 January 2024
Following the release of the latest CIPS PMI construction data, which shows construction sector downturn ease in December, here is a comment from Beard Construction. Fraser Johns, finance director at...
05 January 2024
Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today (Friday 5 January) launched a new limited edition five-year fixed rate product to bolster its core buy-to-let proposition. Av...
05 January 2024
The specialist buy-to-let lender has lowered rates by up to 0.65% on its CHL 1 product range which was launched in November last year. CHL 1 has been specially designed for customers with a clean cre...
04 January 2024
Following the release of the latest Bank of England Money and Credit statistics, here is a comment from national brokerage Just Mortgages. Just Mortgages is one of the largest mortgage brokers in the...
04 January 2024
Adam Oldfield, chief revenue officer at Phoebus Software, says “The housing headlines this week, even in the mainstream press, have been dominated by news of falling mortgage interest rates and predic...
04 January 2024
LiveMore, the mortgage lender for people aged 50 to 90 plus, has appointed Les Pick to director of intermediary sales. Les will be responsible for supporting mortgage brokers and financial advisers so...
04 January 2024
Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (4th January 2024) cut rates on all two-, five- and seven-year fixes across its three core ranges: standard, limited company and HMO/multi-...
03 January 2024
360 Dotnet, the FinTech CRM platform for the UK intermediary market, and UnderwriteMe have announced a new partnership. Advancing further in simplifying the process for advisers' protection sales, the...
03 January 2024
Aspen Bridging finished 2023 on a high, completing a £2.8m Development Exit bridge on a 14-unit development of houses in New Romney, Kent. Completed in just 20 days at 70% LTV, the project consists ...
03 January 2024
Paradigm, the mortgage, protection and compliance services proposition, has today (3rd January 2024) launched the latest iteration of its Mortgage Market Insights videos – a series of short interviews...
