Press releases for February 2022

01 March 2022

Financial experts Old Mill has enhanced its later life offering with a new professionally accredited advice service for vulnerable clients. Andy Page, one of Old Mill’s expert later life team has bec...

01 March 2022

Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says “These figures from the Bank of England, as encouraging as they might have been a week ago, cannot be said to be indicative of future ...

01 March 2022

Jonathan Sealey, CEO at specialist lender Hope Capital, said: “The latest statistics revealed by the Bank of England are somewhat promising. While January mortgage approvals for house purchases were d...

01 March 2022

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (1st March 2022) outlined its new Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) Policy Statement, and the proactive steps it will take in order to...

01 March 2022

The latest ASTL data shows a record period for bridging lending in the last quarter of 2021, with completions and applications both reaching an all-time high. The figures, compiled by auditors from ...

01 March 2022

Specialist lender, Pepper Money has launched a new initiative to help customers to make their homes more energy-efficient. As part of its commitment to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) dr...

01 March 2022

Castle Trust Bank has strengthened its BDM team with the recruitment of Sammi Gilbank as Regional Account Manager for the South West and Wales. Sammi, who joins from Hampshire Trust Bank where she wa...

01 March 2022

Aspen Bridging has appointed Steve Gregory as its first Southern Region Business Development Manager (BDM). Covering south London, South East and South West regions, Steve will be responsible for cr...

28 February 2022

"We welcome this consultation and any attempt to create a lending environment that is built on true customer affordability whilst maintaining a robust and sustainable approach to risk. Based on our da...

28 February 2022

Burrington Estates has recently completed the construction of 30 high quality business units at Eurotech Park in Plymouth with £3.5m of funding from United Trust Bank. This sees the successful comple...

28 February 2022

Buy to Let affordability has jumped to its highest level on record according to the latest Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) Affordability Index. Analysis of real cases processed through the MBT research p...

28 February 2022

First-time landlords and borrowers with adverse credit most affected by lenders’ automated underwriting approaches A webinar poll conducted by Mercantile Trust, the intermediary only specialist buy-t...

28 February 2022

BuildLoan has worked closely with Nottingham Building Society to launch three new cost based self and custom build mortgage products. All of the new range offers funding up to £600K and up to 80% of ...

28 February 2022

eConveyancer is launching a new partnership with Stipendium to offer its customers access to comprehensive conveyancing services. Stipendium offers an innovative marketplace for people to access prof...

25 February 2022

Following the announcement by the prime minister, Boris Johnson, that Britain will implement the “largest and most severe package of economic sanctions that Russia has ever seen” following the invasio...

25 February 2022

The Conveyancing Association (CA) - the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry - has issued its formal response to the Government consultation entitled, ‘Reforming the leasehold and commonho...

25 February 2022

Pepper Money has launched a range of Lifetime Tracker mortgages with no completion fee and rates starting at 2.67% on our Pepper 60 range. The Lifetime Tracker mortgages are available from our Peppe...

25 February 2022

Specialist Bank, Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has promoted both Aimee Amphlett any Danny Kiely to the role of Business Development Manager. Both will report to Marcus Dussard, Sales Director of the Spec...

24 February 2022

Leading broker firm Just Mortgages now advises on equity release, completing the holistic circle of advice the firm can offer. Just Mortgages has trained 13 self-employed advisers who are qualified a...

24 February 2022

Luxury asset lender Suros Capital has announced its latest partnership with SME finance specialist, Funding Bay, as it continues to develop key partnerships in the intermediary sector. Based in Londo...

24 February 2022

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced a new buy-to-let product range exclusively for Expat landlords. From today, Foundation’s Expat proposition is avail...

24 February 2022

Mortgage and protection adviser Mortgage 1st today announces the appointment of Paul Lewis as head of growth. The senior management position at Mortgage 1st has been created to drive further expansio...

23 February 2022

UK, 23 February 2022: An enormous year of growth has seen the number of lenders live on Criteria Brain, the criteria-based sourcing solution from mortgage technology expert Mortgage Brain, reach a new...

23 February 2022

Low deposit mortgage expert Home me gives access to mortgages for individuals with small deposits who feel priced out of the property market New independent low deposit mortgage specialist Home me, l...

23 February 2022

The archaeologists who uncovered Oxford University’s ‘lost college’ think they have now discovered evidence of a 4,000-year-old prehistoric burial mound beneath it. A fragment of skull and part of a ...

22 February 2022

Commenting on property transaction figures from HMRC published today, Jonathan Sealey, CEO, of specialist lender Hope Capital said: “With property transactions last month down by 12.6% compared to Ja...

22 February 2022

Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says “Looking at the non-seasonally adjusted figures from HMRC today we are starting to see the trend that we were probably expecting last ...

22 February 2022

John Phillips, national operations director at Just Mortgages commented: “Statistics always need to be taken with a pinch of salt and the transactions data from January was a perfect example of why th...

22 February 2022

United Trust Bank (UTB) is continuing to develop its Bridging sales team with the appointment of Craig Taylor as Business Development Manager. Craig will be supporting brokers operating in the South-W...

22 February 2022

Buy-to-let portfolio landlords are more likely to be aware of the government’s proposed EPC requirements than non-portfolio landlords, according to new research by Landbay. From 2025, all rental prop...

22 February 2022

ULS technology has announced an additional service contract with Lloyds Banking Group (“LBG”), for the provision of remortgage services. The contract builds on the ULS technology’s long-standing rel...

22 February 2022

Tightening mortgage affordability could threaten the remortgage boom, according to the latest Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) Affordability Index. Analysis of real cases processed through the MBT researc...

22 February 2022

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (22nd February 2022) announced it has cut rates across all lifetime tracker products available in its three core ranges – standard, limited...

21 February 2022

The Bank has agreed a £2.9 million deal to help fund the creation of a new dementia care village in Suffolk Recognise Bank is working with the Central and Regional Estates (CARE) Healthcare Team to f...

21 February 2022

Martin Cheek, managing director at SmartSearch said: “The leak is an alarming indictment of Credit Suisse’s apparent failure to carry out even the most rudimentary due diligence on clients. “The scal...

21 February 2022

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today (xx February 2022) announced the appointment of a new Senior Relationship Manager. Michael Brown joins Paradigm from Skipton B...

21 February 2022

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced the appointment of two National Sales Managers. Nathan Goodridge joins the lender with immediate effect while Paula...

21 February 2022

The Mortgage Marketing Forum (MMF) has launched a Sustainability Webinar for members of the Forum and is making it available free of charge to non-members. This Sustainability in the Mortgage Marke...

18 February 2022

CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender, has extended its offering with a range of new deals including a 7-year fixed rate product range. The lender has also increased their ...

18 February 2022

A year on from the FCA’s Financial Lives Matter survey, where nearly half of UK adults showed one or more signs of vulnerability, The Right Mortgage and Protection Network unveils their Vulnerability ...

18 February 2022

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has confirmed Teenage Cancer Trust as its charity partner for 2022. The announcement was made during the Crystal Specialist Finance Awards, held at the Belfry Resort...

17 February 2022

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (17th February 2022) announced its Chief Executive Officer, Bob Young, is to retire in April after a career in lending spanning over 25 yea...

16 February 2022

Commenting on latest ONS UK House Price Index figures, Vadim Toader, chief executive and co-founder of shared equity loan provider Proportunity, said: “The ONS figures will be of concern to those try...

16 February 2022

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced the creation of two Managing Directors within the business. George Gee becomes Managing Director (Commercial) and K...

16 February 2022

Knowledge Bank’s latest criteria tracker results reveal that borrowers are turning to second charge mortgages to help alleviate financial issues. ‘Capital raising for debt consolidation’ featured prom...

16 February 2022

February 16th, 2022. Mike Cutler has been appointed as Harpenden Building Society’s Commercial Director. In this newly created position, he will have responsibility for developing Harpenden’s mortgage...

15 February 2022

Source Insurance have today released a significant update to their general insurance platform to help brokers obtain quotes quicker. Source have rebuilt their household and landlord quote journeys, ...

15 February 2022

Independent mortgage and protection adviser Affinity Mortgages has been added to the panel of brokers at Proportunity, the shared equity loan provider. The partnership means that Affinity Mortgages, ...

15 February 2022

VAS Audit has launched Valuation Desktop+, an expert led review service for lenders who require the speed and flexibility of an Automated Valuation Model (AVM) delivered by one of the company’s highly...

15 February 2022

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has announced the appointment of Besmir Kurti as Head of Intermediary Relations for the South. Besmir re-joins the F4B team after a spell as Senior Business Development Manager...

14 February 2022

Norton Home Loans has launched a Second Charge Mortgage product with a maximum LTV of 80%. The product is available for a maximum loan size of £100,000 and for a range of repayment periods, with opt...

14 February 2022

Central Trust, the first and second charge lender, has today (11th February 2022) made significant changes to its residential mortgage proposition, including helping customers with secured arrears, ex...

14 February 2022

New facility has already delivered £10m in bridging finance for a range of property deals Recognise Bank has agreed a multi-million pound “loan on loan” partnership with bridging loan specialist, Ref...

14 February 2022

Luxury asset lender, Suros Capital, has announced its plan to develop new distribution partnerships with brokers and packagers to help increase the visibility of the Suros Capital proposition in the w...

14 February 2022

Pepper Money has closed, its largest Residential Mortgage-Backed Securitisation (RMBS) to date, Polaris 2022-1, backed by £450m of mortgage loans. Polaris included a mix of first charge owner occupi...

14 February 2022

Aspen Bridging has entered the Bridge-To-Let (BTL) market with an innovative product designed to offer wider use flexibility and lower ERC’s than existing BTL or hybrid offerings. Available up to 80...

14 February 2022

Paradigm, the mortgage, protection and compliance services proposition, has today (14th February 2022) launched a new online video aimed at advisory firms, which provides a further update on the FCA’s...

11 February 2022

Alternative Bridging Corporation has bolstered its service function with the appointment of a new Underwriter and a Case Manager. Robert Seymour has been appointed as an Underwriter and joins Alterna...

11 February 2022

Fraser Johns, finance director at Beard commented: “The increase in construction output in December was driven by new work. With clients green lighting projects in greater numbers, this suggests confi...

10 February 2022

West One Loans, one of the UK’s largest non-bank lenders, has turned around a development finance loan in just seven days. This quick response ensured that the client’s purchase of land was ready to ...

10 February 2022

General Insurance provider, Source Insurance, has revealed Carl Oakes as their new Director of Sales. Carl, who joins from Arthur J Gallagher, has extensive experience of the broker market having pre...

10 February 2022

The leadership team of the Brightstar Group has regained a controlling stake in the business, completing the acquisition of the remaining Private Equity-owned shares in an all-cash deal. The transact...

10 February 2022

After an exceptional period of growth, a business loans provider based in South Wales has secured a six-figure investment that will allow it to expand its support of small businesses seeking short-ter...

10 February 2022

Pepper Money has rolled out its Shared Ownership offering to the whole market following a successful pilot. The specialist lender launched Shared Ownership as a pilot in September to refine its proc...

09 February 2022

Commenting on the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill passing through both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, which means that after obtaining Royal Assent it will become law, Jonathan Frank...

09 February 2022

Hope Capital has revealed that the 2021/22 Financial Year marked its strongest year in its 10-year history. The specialist short-term lender has announced total completions from FY 2020/21 to 2021/22...

09 February 2022

Mortgage Business Expo’s Northern Event, MBE North, whose next event takes place on March 22nd at its new home at Manchester Central, has announced that demand for exhibitor stands has been particular...

09 February 2022

Air Club, the leading later life services platform, has today (9th February 2022) announced its fourth half-year equity release provider ‘Temperature Check’ report focusing on a number of key service ...

08 February 2022

CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender, has been added to Brilliant Solutions’ lending panel. This partnership will provide Brilliant Solutions’ membership of directly aut...

08 February 2022

2021 was the most successful year to date for B2B property insurance platform Ceta Insurance following the highest number of sales in its 29-year history. During 2021, Ceta’s expert team took 64% mor...

08 February 2022

By Ozgur Unlu, CEO of 360 Dotnet Whilst our success and integrations continue to grow as we look ahead into 2022, to meet the demand for an ever-changing digital world, 360 Dotnet has launched an off...

08 February 2022

Nationwide mortgage advice firm, Mortgage 1st, and estate agent, British Home Sellers, are now working together to enhance the home buying journey for their customers. Their combined sleek operations...

08 February 2022

Property lender TAB has secured a new funding line from New York investment firm, Atalaya Capital Management (‘’Atalaya’’). The revolving credit facility, of up to £120m, will be used to support the ...

08 February 2022

The latest Pepper Money Adverse Credit Study has revealed that more than eight in 10 people with adverse credit are worried about the impact of increasing bills. According to the research, 81% of pe...

08 February 2022

New product among several improvements to bridging offering. A new Development Exit & Refurbishment product, with up to 80% LTV for experienced developers with clean credit, is one of several key ch...

07 February 2022

Sanctions Search announce the launch of their new client side iOS and Android app ValidateMe©.  The app allows firms using Sanctions Search to gather, securely, high resolution scans of essential docu...

07 February 2022

West One Loans buy-to-let range has been added to Knowledge Bank’s industry leading criteria search platform. West One has recently revamped its buy-to-let criteria, and now brokers will be able to se...

07 February 2022

Brightstar Financial and The Mortgage Mum have joined forces to launch a new Women in Finance forum entitled Moving Forwards. Women from both businesses will join together to address the challenges f...

04 February 2022

Mike Hedges, director at Beard said: “After a turbulent 2021, January gave plenty of reasons for optimism in the construction sector. “Growth picked up with new orders and activity levels both incre...

04 February 2022

4th February 2022: General insurance provider, Berkeley Alexander, is alerting mortgage brokers, IFAs and advisors to new legislation that came into force on 1st February 2022 requiring all homes in S...

04 February 2022

Mercantile Trust, the specialist buy-to-let, bridging and commercial lender, has revamped its bridging proposition, reducing rates across the board, as well as expanding its lending proposition to sup...

04 February 2022

Square 1 Media, the PR and marketing agency specialising in the intermediary mortgage market and wider financial services sector, has today (4th February 2022) announced the appointment of Paul Hunt a...

04 February 2022

Hanley Economic Building Society has launched two five-year fixed rate remortgage specials. The first of these is a five-year fixed rate buy-to-let remortgage special with a headline rate of 3.03%, a...

03 February 2022

Simon Jackson, Chief Executive Officer at MSS (Mortgage & Surveying Services), on today’s MPC Bank Base Rate announcement: “The housing market remains in good shape and should be able to withstand me...

03 February 2022

Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says “The interest rate rise by the Bank of England today is no surprise to anyone given the way that inflation is spiraling upwards. Howev...

03 February 2022

John Phillips, national operations director at Just Mortgages said: “Although there may be some negativity around the decision to increase base rate, it will not dampen the desire to buy properties. ...

03 February 2022

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has invested in its development finance proposition by almost doubling the team size to deliver greater levels of support for property developers and the intermediary market...

03 February 2022

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network is celebrating seven years of supporting the UK’s mortgage and protection brokers in all areas of business. Following the pandemic, the network is also deligh...

03 February 2022

Brokers expect to write more specialist residential mortgage business this year than ever before, according to a poll by Norton Home Loans. The specialist first and second charge mortgage lender fou...

03 February 2022

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is encouraging industry businesses to participate in the UK’s biggest mental health conversation as part of Time to Talk Day. Taking place on Thurs...

03 February 2022

Enra Specialist Finance has appointed Ryan McGrath as its new programme manager to deliver change programmes within Enra’s strategic change roadmap. Prior to joining Enra, Ryan was chief executive of...

03 February 2022

West Country based lender, Black & White Bridging, which launched nationally to the intermediary market in April last year, has announced the establishment of its apprenticeship programme. The compan...

03 February 2022

Pepper Money has promoted Tom Whitney to Head of Sales for Second Charge Mortgages, following the successful integration of the business with Optimum Credit. Whitney joined Optimum Credit as a Busin...

03 February 2022

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has added Vida Homeloans to its MBT Affordability research platform. MBT Affordability, which already features the largest panel of Residential and Buy to Let lenders of ...

03 February 2022

Roma Finance, the lender less ordinary, has cut rates and enhanced criteria across the product range. The product ranges have been simplified. Rates for standard residential bridging and auction hav...

02 February 2022

London, West End based insurance and finance firm, J3 Advisory, has recruited Daisy Neall to spearhead its business development team. The company now consists of five people, with an ambition to incre...

02 February 2022

eConveyancer has launched an exclusive conveyancing partnership with comparison website, Moneyfacts. The partnership will enable customers using Moneyfacts to search for and instruct a conveyancer fr...

02 February 2022

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages has announced a major refresh of its Second Charge product range with interest rate reductions across many products and new AVM (Automated Valuation Model) criteria. ...

02 February 2022

Ivan Vizor has today been promoted to the newly formed role of Head of Key Accounts at Brilliant Solutions, the mortgage club and specialist mortgage distributor. The move offers greater support for t...

01 February 2022

Dudley Building Society has launched a new mortgage product, as they kickstart their support for the government’s First Homes Scheme. The Scheme assists local first-time buyers with the purchase of a...

01 February 2022

FinTech company, 360 Dotnet has facilitated over 215 billion pounds of lending through 360 Lifecycle since 2010. In 2021 they processed 37 billion of lending which is over 10% more than in 2020. This ...

01 February 2022

John Phillips, national operations director at Just Mortgages said: “Although net mortgage borrowing was down slightly on November’s figures, the year ended on a positive note. This optimism is based ...

01 February 2022

A webinar poll conducted by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, found that almost two thirds of residential property professional...

01 February 2022

Industry leading specialist lender, West One Loans, has successfully completed a large, complex, regulated bridging loan for a HNW property professional. The case, packaged by Y3S, carried multiple co...

01 February 2022

Pepper Money has reduced rates on more than 100 fixed rate mortgages and launched 30 new tracker rates. The largest rate cut is on the Pepper 24 2-year fixed rate with 75% LTV, which has been lowere...

01 February 2022

Mercantile Trust, the specialist buy-to-let, bridging and commercial lender, has made a raft of significant improvements across its buy-to-let proposition. First of all, significant enhancements have...

01 February 2022

Castle Trust Bank has recruited Anna Lewis as Director of Proposition & Strategy to help drive the bank’s ongoing development of its specialist Buy to Let and Development Finance propositions. Anna, ...

01 February 2022

UK, February 01 2022: Halifax Intermediaries has become the latest lender to go live on Submissions Brain, the cutting-edge innovation from mortgage technology expert Mortgage Brain, following a succe...