Press releases for March 2017
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31 March 2017
Secure CMS integration helps advisers build their protection business. iPipeline® – a leading provider of next-generation solutions and services to the life and pensions market – today announced that...
31 March 2017
Front Events, organisers of Financial Services Expo (FSE) Manchester, the premier exhibition for the financial services industry in the North of England, has today (31st March 2017) announced that reg...
29 March 2017
Buster Tolfree, United Trust Bank Commercial Director – Mortgages, comments on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) impact statement on the cost of implementing MCD in the second charge market. “We ...
29 March 2017
Source Insurance has teamed up with SimplyBiz Group’ website solution service, NextGen, to create a joint offering to its members. The deal sees Source’s integration platform, which provides intermedi...
28 March 2017
Please download the attached pdfs for further details regarding any of the following products: Buy to Let Mortgage Product Guide Discount Resi Product Guide HMO Mortgage Product Guide Holiday Let Mo...
28 March 2017
Mansfield Building Society has reported a 3.8% growth in mortgage assets in 2016 with 23% of new business coming from the self-employed. The continued growth in gross mortgage lending in 2016 follows...
28 March 2017
A new poll of finance brokers working in the field of development finance has found that more than two thirds expect demand from housebuilders for development funding to increase in 2017. The broker ...
28 March 2017
Two employees of Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, took part in the annual YMCA’s ‘Sleep Easy’ event in Guildford on Friday 24th March. Jannie Vermeulen (Chief Risk Officer) and ...
27 March 2017
Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today (27th March 2017) added Nottingham for Intermediaries, the dedicated intermediary arm of the Nottingham Building Society, to it...
24 March 2017
Tenet has prompted its advisers to consider the changing face of bereavement allowance and why financial intervention is so important. The Pensions Act will replace a number of benefits, including th...
23 March 2017
Packager TFC Homeloans has linked up with specialist buy-to-let lender Axis Bank UK. Brokers will now be able to access all standard and specialist buy-to-let products from Axis, while benefitting fr...
23 March 2017
Statement from Personal Finance Society chief executive Keith Richards: Successive governments have failed to address a state pension train crash waiting to happen, and it is time for the Government ...
23 March 2017
Magellan Homeloans, the specialist mortgage lender, has reached agreement to distribute its range of mortgage products via The Mortgage Alliance (TMA). Jason Neale, Sales Director at Magellan Homeloa...
22 March 2017
With effect Wednesday 22 March 2017 Family Building Society has launched its Buy to Let Offset Mortgage. Please find attached details of interest rates, fees etc. Additional information for the Offs...
22 March 2017
Convey Law, the Newport-based law firm, today (22nd March 2017) announced it has raised £50,000 for Children with Cancer through the Conveyancing Foundation’s Free Legal Fee Competition. Convey Law a...
21 March 2017
Key Retirement’s Dean Mirfin has outlined how the equity release market is seeing a decrease in drawdown take-up, whilst at the same time the number of enhanced lifetime mortgages has grown. Speaking...
21 March 2017
Robert Sinclair, Chief Executive of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), said today that the Government might well consider looking at landlord’s use of limited company/SPV corporate vehi...
21 March 2017
Taking part in a panel debate at today’s Financial Services Expo (FSE) Glasgow, the premier exhibition for the financial services industry in Scotland, John Coffield of Paradigm Mortgage Services said...
21 March 2017
The second-charge market has plenty of scope to develop but needs to keep pushing the education message if it wants to grow, said Alistair Ewing of The Lending Channel, speaking at today’s Financial S...
21 March 2017
Mortgage intermediaries who want to see growth throughout 2017 and 2018 should look towards the remortgage market and should prioritise their existing clients in order to generate business. That’s th...
21 March 2017
Tenet announces the latest in a series of new relationships in 2017 with the news it has linked with specialist lender, Vida Homeloans. The intermediary-only lender was established to help residentia...
21 March 2017
21st March 2017: General insurance provider, Berkeley Alexander, alerts brokers to the impact of FCA Renewal Transparency rules that kick in on 1st April, relating to new responsibilities for brokers....
21 March 2017
Clever Lending, the master broker, has seen a significant rise in regulated bridging finance in terms of both applications and completions in the second half of 2016, which is continuing into 2017. T...
20 March 2017
United Trust Bank are pleased to announce that the winner of its 2016 ‘Meet the Specialists’ broker promotion is Rob Coles of Intelligent Loans. The Bank’s 2016 broker promotion gave participants an ...
20 March 2017
The Chartered Body Alliance (the Alliance) welcomes the publication of the Banking Standards Board’s (BSB) first good practice guidance for banks and building societies, assessing the fitness and prop...
20 March 2017
£30k at a LTV of 63.55% for client with a variable income… Second charge mortgages have a wide range of uses – in this case study, a second charge was perfect for an applicant with a variable income...
20 March 2017
With effect Monday 20 March 2017 Family Building Society will make several changes to our mortgage product range including amending our Ex pat & large loan fees. Full details of all changes are below....
20 March 2017
UK specialist lender Step One Finance Limited (“Step One”) has officially launched its online broker portal and has also made a number of key appointments. After trialling its new origination system ...
20 March 2017
Fluent for Advisers, part of Fluent Money, the UK’s largest second charge distributor, has launched the lowest 90% 2nd charge product with an interest rate of 9%. Designed in close association with l...
20 March 2017
Roma Finance, the specialist bridging finance lender, are providing an increasing number of loans to landlords moving into semi-commercial property in order to tax-protect their portfolios. Roma have...
17 March 2017
Another successful night on the awards circuit for Shawbrook… Shawbrook’s Commercial Mortgages team was last night named as “Best Commercial Mortgage Provider” at the 2017 Business Moneyfacts (BMF) A...
17 March 2017
Paycasso, a global provider of software and services which authenticates the identity of consumers engaged in mobile, online and/or in-branch transactions, has today (17th March 2017) become the lates...
17 March 2017
Buckinghamshire Building Society is delighted to announce they have been added to Brilliant Solutions lender panel, meaning that brokers can now access residential, contractor, and buy-to-let products...
17 March 2017
Kuflink is overjoyed to announce that just 7 short months after launching our new P2P lending platform we have won Business Product Innovation of the Year in the Business Moneyfacts Awards 2017! The ...
16 March 2017
The Bank’s Commercial Mortgages team has overhauled its Short Term offering… Shawbrook Commercial Mortgages today announces the latest in its “Spring Fling” series of pricing initiatives – substantia...
16 March 2017
Kuflink Bridging, the Kent based lender, has appointed Susan McBoyle as Marketing Manager as it continues its expansion following the move to new offices at the end of last year and receiving full aut...
15 March 2017
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has appointed Dr Matthew Connell as director of policy and engagement - a role covering the operations of both the CII and Personal Finance Society (PFS). Conn...
15 March 2017
New mortgage offers solution to borrowers who are nearing the end of their interest-only deals with an outstanding balance Shawbrook Bank has this morning announced the launch of a new ’55 Plus Inter...
14 March 2017
The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (14th March 2017) published its Strategic Plan which contains details on the work streams it will fol...
14 March 2017
Tenet has posted a year of further growth in its annual report and accounts for the twelve months to 30 September 2016. Headline turnover increased by 13% to £154m with earnings* of £1.5m, resulting i...
14 March 2017
SortRefer, the online conveyancing portal, which enjoyed its best year for completions in 2016, believes that now that recent concerns over privatisation have been dismissed, the Land Registry can now...
13 March 2017
A new poll of finance brokers working in the field of asset finance has found that most of them expect 2017 to be a positive year for the growth of the industry. The broker sentiment survey, carried ...
13 March 2017
88 aspiring financial advisers prepare to commence in first half of 2017 The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has received more than over 300 registrations of interest in its new financial adviser deve...
13 March 2017
Borro, the leading platform for clients borrowing against multiple asset types, is offering brokers and their clients a guarantee that every valuation for a bridging loan will be completed and returne...
10 March 2017
Mansfield Building Society has increased its maximum loan size from £300,000 to £500,000 across its entire Buy to Let mortgage range and will now lend when up to 15 mortgages remain outstanding with o...
10 March 2017
This March, Norton Home Loans, the lending arm of the Norton Group, will have been trading for 30 years. The company is really proud of this achievement and believe it’s down to who they are as a comp...
09 March 2017
The Bank’s Commercial Mortgages team has cut pricing on its Commercial products… After announcing a 0.25% reduction to arrangement fees for all new applications in March, Shawbrook Bank’s Commercial ...
08 March 2017
Complete FS, the South Coast based specialist lending packager, welcomes back Claire Budden in the role of Associate Director of Operations. Claire worked for Complete for five years between 2005 and...
08 March 2017
Tenet has added Central Trust to its direct to lender second charge panel, which was launched in November. Central Trust will join the initial five lenders: Masthaven Secured Loans Precise Mortgag...
07 March 2017
Magellan Homeloans, the specialist mortgage lender, has reached agreement to distribute its range of mortgage products via Black Book Finance. Black Book Finance launched in November last year and as...
07 March 2017
Paul Aitken, CEO of Borro, the leading platform for secured lending to wealthy clients, is concerned that the Chancellor might be tempted to expand the reach of Capital Gains Tax to include luxury ass...
07 March 2017
The new housing white paper has been acknowledged as a welcome statement of intent by the Society of Mortgage Professionals, who cautiously view it as an indication that the government are taking the ...
07 March 2017
Brilliant Solutions, the mortgage packaging and distribution experts, has partnered with Landbay, the peer-to-peer mortgage lender focused on buy-to-let mortgages, to provide mortgage brokers and thei...
07 March 2017
The Chartered Body Alliance (the Alliance) notes the new ESMA guidelines which come into force from January 2018 and require most advisers to have ‘qualifications’. However, the ESMA guidance concern...
06 March 2017
Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today (6th March 2017) announced the appointment of a new Business Development Manager (BDM) covering East London, Essex and East Anglia. Ma...
06 March 2017
Magellan Homeloans, the specialist mortgage lender, has appointed Pauline Hibbert as Regional Sales Manager with responsibility for the East Midlands. Pauline has over 15 years’ experience gained in ...
06 March 2017
The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (6th March 2017) published its guide for consumers on leasehold property, specifically outlining the ...
06 March 2017
On the Super Platinum product at 6.9%, fixed rate for five years… In this case study, Shawbrook’s Residential Mortgages team has provided a second charge for high net worth joint applicants looking t...
02 March 2017
The Bank’s Commercial Mortgages team has a raft of initiatives planned this month… Shawbrook Commercial Mortgages has announced plans for a wide range of cost-saving initiatives for brokers’ clients ...
02 March 2017
United Trust Bank (UTB) has reported a 36% increase in profits before tax to £20.7m for the year ending the 31st December 2016. The specialist bank increased its loan book by 42% to £617m, operating ...
02 March 2017
The lender’s Residential Mortgages team reports that E-Signature is saving time and making applications more efficient… Since launching E-Signature in August 2016, Shawbrook’s Residential Mortgages t...
02 March 2017
Front Events, organisers of Financial Services Expo (FSE) Glasgow, the premier exhibition for the financial services industry in Scotland, has today (2nd March 2017) announced its full seminar program...
02 March 2017
Pepper Homeloans, the specialist lender, has extended its distribution network to include Hampshire based Solent Mortgage Services. Solent will market Pepper Homeloans’ full range of residential and ...
02 March 2017
Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) Leeds is now open for brokers, IFAs and financial intermediaries to register for the event on 26th April at the Royal Armouries. Stands are already selling fast, with Par...
01 March 2017
Three leading Chartered Professional Bodies have joined forces to enhance and sustain the level of professionalism and trust in the financial services sector. The Chartered Insurance Institute, the C...
01 March 2017
Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today (1st March 2017) made Earl Shilton Building Society the latest addition to its lender panel. Members firms now have access via...
