Press releases for March 2016

01 April 2016

Paradigm Protect, the specialist Protection and GI distributor within the Paradigm Group, has today (1st April 2016) added a further commercial insurer, CDC, to its panel of general insurance referral...

01 April 2016

Leading GI provider Uinsure gave brokers the chance to win one year of free home insurance at the Financial Services Expo in Glasgow earlier this month. Brokers at the event, held at the city’s Hilto...

01 April 2016

Roma Finance, the Manchester based bridging finance and development lender, has seen a 300% increase in lending volumes in quarter one 2016 compared to the same period in 2015. Average loan size has ...

31 March 2016

Countering concerns from the Financial Policy Committee around stress testing in BTL, Foundation Home Loans’ Commercial Director, Simon Bayley, believes that much of the issue could be mitigated if mo...

31 March 2016

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today (31st March 2016) announced three internal staff promotions with the creation of new positions within the business. From the 1st April...

31 March 2016

With effect from Thursday 31 March the changes below will be made to our mortgage product range. Family Building Society products are available to intermediaries via National Counties Building Societ...

30 March 2016

Completion of a short term loan (STL) on the Bank’s STL6 product, at a gross loan-to-value (LTV) of 65.6% on 12 months interest only. With just 13 business days between issuing the offer and completi...

24 March 2016

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (24th March 2016) announced its ninth Affiliate member, Safe Move Scheme, which has joined with immed...

24 March 2016

Completion of a Large Residential Investment loan on the Bank’s LRI1 product, at a gross loan-to-value (LTV) of 54.6% on 10 years interest only. From offer being issued to full completion in a little...

24 March 2016

Initial research from specialist finance broker, The Loans Engine, has today (24th March 2016) revealed that eight out of 10 directly authorised (DA) advisers are opting to provide advice on second-ch...

23 March 2016

Vantage Finance, one of the UK’s leading master brokers, has announced the creation of a dedicated business development team, to help grow its broker network across the UK. Vantage has appointed two ...

22 March 2016

The award-winning former UK Chief Executive of insurance giant Ageas has joined leading GI provider Uinsure. Barry Smith, who led Ageas UK for over a decade before being appointed chief operating off...

21 March 2016

Conveyancing firms, and all businesses, need to engender a cyber-security and cyber-resilience ‘culture’ in order to tackle the growing number of attacks and threats from cyber fraudsters. That was t...

21 March 2016

The Shawbrook Client Barometer reveals clients' expectations for the market this year HMOs are predicted to be the most popular property type for property investors this year, according to the latest...

21 March 2016

Specialist finance broker, The Loans Engine, has today (21st March 2016) welcomed the introduction of the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) into the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) rules and regulat...

21 March 2016

Complete FS, the South Coast based packager, has announced the arrival of underwriter, Steve Wood, from Kent Reliance for Intermediaries who will be based in Complete FS’s offices for three days a wee...

18 March 2016

Clever Lending, the master broker, has announced that it is fully ready for the new MCD regulation as systems and procedures are all working to the required standards. The senior management and staff...

18 March 2016

Bridging finance is becoming a first port of call for clients for initial purchase funding where speed and quick decisions ensure that buyers do not lose out. According to Narinder Khattoare, with le...

18 March 2016

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today (17th March 2016) announced the appointment of Neil Jackson as its new Partnership Development Manager. Within both the mortga...

17 March 2016

This week Source Commercial Online was launched. This new Online Platform will enable Brokers to quote, buy and amend Landlord Portfolio Insurance policies Online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from an...

17 March 2016

Completion of a Short Term Loan (STL) on the Bank’s STL2 product, at a gross LTV of 70%. This sizeable Short Term Loan case was completed with Shawbrook Strategic Partner Buchler Barnett Spencer, on ...

16 March 2016

Complete FS, the South Coast specialist distributor, has announced the addition of Bluestone Mortgages to its lending panel. Bluestone is trialing its products through a small selective number of dis...

14 March 2016

Shawbrook Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Steven Fitzhugh in the newly created role of Product Manager. Steven has been working in the financial industry for 22 years, amassing a wealt...

11 March 2016

11 March 2016 – London: EZBob Ltd., which trades as business e-lenders Everline and EZBob, today announced that it has closed its Series C investment round with a £20m equity investment from Leumi Par...

11 March 2016

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) at Leeds Armouries on 20th April is pleased to announce an extensive series of seminars that include a series of talks hosted by Aldermore. The talks will complement the ...

10 March 2016

Leading GI provider Uinsure has appointed a new Business Development Manager for Scotland and Northern Ireland following a period of significant growth for the firm. Alastair Main joins from Select &...

09 March 2016

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (9th March 2016) urged the Chancellor, George Osborne, to favour stability over continued change when...

09 March 2016

Completed on the Bank’s Large Residential Investment (LRI) 3 product. 10 business days from offer to completion. At just over 70% LTV, this sizeable portfolio was brought to the Shawbrook Commercial ...

09 March 2016

Case File: Borrower paid £750k for building comprising 6 apartments Developer will see a healthy profit within 6 months following a partial refurbishment Loan completed in 2 days A savvy property de...

09 March 2016

Foundation Home Loans’ Commercial Director, Simon Bayley, believes that brokers could leave themselves short of new business now that that the Buy to Let market is entering a short but significant hia...

08 March 2016

Defaqto, a provider of independent financial products and fund information and ratings, today publishes its latest case study ’The case for hybrid‘ which examines the role of hybrid solutions in plann...

08 March 2016

Broker Conveyancing, the broker-focused conveyancing distributor, has today (8th March 2016) revealed strong monthly and year-on-year growth in the level of instructions for sale, purchase and remortg...

08 March 2016

AToM (All Types of Mortgages Ltd), the Specialist Mortgage Packager/Distributor, is delighted to announce a new relationship with Bluestone Mortgages. Dale Jannels, Managing Director at AToM said, "...

07 March 2016

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today (7th March 2016) announced the first in a series of product and criteria changes that will be rolled out over the next few weeks. Firs...

04 March 2016

Tony Marshall, Managing Director of secured loan provider Equifinance, explains how Equifinance has found new opportunities for efficiency improvements within the new MCD regulatory framework. Equifi...

04 March 2016

The Later Life Academy (LLA), the commercial and training organisation for later life advisers, has today (4th March 2016) announced the launch of a new estate planning training course taking place at...

04 March 2016

Fluent Money has declared its intention to become one of the dominant forces in the specialist lending market with the announcement of new investment from Beech Tree Private Equity (BTPE). Already th...

03 March 2016

The Later Life Academy (LLA), the commercial and training organisation for later life advisers, has today (3rd March 2016) announced Legal & General as its latest Corporate Ambassador. As a result of...

03 March 2016

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (3rd March 2016) revealed that one of its members, Newport-based Convey Law, was recently announced a...

03 March 2016

SortRefer, the online intermediary platform, has announced that its conveyancing panel will be providing service to Essex based network, New Leaf Distribution Ltd, through its advisers and their clien...

02 March 2016

Financial Services Expo Glasgow has announced a keynote speaker to complement its double bill seminar programme. Bill Jamieson is former Executive Editor of The Scotsman and now edits ScotBuzz, a bus...

01 March 2016

After being amongst the first handful of lenders to offer a ‘retired portfolio’ in 2015 the Marsden is continuing to innovate its ‘older borrowers’ product range in order to increase eligibility for t...

01 March 2016

EZBob Ltd trading as business e-lenders, Everline and ezbob, has today announced it has provided over £100m in funding to UK SMEs since launch in 2012. The London-based FinTech start-up has almost do...

01 March 2016

Connect for Intermediaries, the specialist buy-to-let and commercial mortgage network has added Axis Bank to its comprehensive panel of mortgage lenders. Connect’s 100+ Appointed Representatives and ...

01 March 2016

Foundation Home Loans (FHL), the Bracknell based BTL lender, believes that the 3% SDLT surcharge being introduced by the Government on new BTL purchases will just filter down in the form of increased ...

01 March 2016

Uinsure’s successful 2016 is continuing with the GI provider awarded a second five star rating for its home insurance product. Leading publisher and financial information company Moneyfacts has award...