Press releases for March 2018

29 March 2018

TFC Homeloans, the specialist packager, is launching ground breaking upgrades on its DIP, application and case management system 1APP. 1APP, also known as 1APP@TFC, already features benefits such as ...

29 March 2018

Criteria Hub, the 'deep search' criteria engine for mortgage advisers, clubs and networks, has highlighted the importance of brokers ensuring that when they are arranging a mortgage or remortgage on a...

29 March 2018

Neil Knight, Business Development Director at Spicerhaart Part Exchange and Assisted Move comments on the IMLA report The New Normal which suggests that Britain’s ageing population will have “profound...

28 March 2018

FIBA, the new trade body, has announced the appointment of Connect for Intermediaries CEO, Liz Syms, and Only Bridging Director, Andrea Juniper, to its Executive Committee. FIBA, which is already eng...

28 March 2018

Newcastle intermediaries has extended its self employed product range designed to help clients who are newly self- employed to include both Help to Buy and Buy to Let. The number of self-employed peo...

28 March 2018

Altrincham, Cheshire - 28th March 2018: Bridging lender, Mint Bridging, announces today that they are offering a price guarantee on select products: If clients find a competitor that offers the same p...

28 March 2018

Roma Finance, the specialist bridging finance lender, has reported that the buy to let market is still popular with landlords running their portfolios as limited companies and using Special Purpose Ve...

27 March 2018

2017 was Just Mortgages most successful year to date, thanks to a 62% rise in profits and 40% increase in mortgage volumes. Just Mortgages has gone from strength to strength in the past two years, wr...

27 March 2018

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today (27th March 2018) announced the internal appointments of two new Business Development Managers (BDMs) covering Central London and the S...

27 March 2018

Leading online general insurance provider, Source Insurance has been appointed to the GI panel of Fairstone, one of the UK’s fastest growing Chartered Financial Planning firms. The move follows a deta...

27 March 2018

The Moneyfacts Awards are to be presented at a summer’s night celebration on 12 June 2018 in The Pavilion at the Tower of London. A combination of rigorous product analysis and intermediary feedback...

27 March 2018

The Financial Conduct Authority have recently announced their proposed changes to later life lending and Marsden Building Society, who have been offering solutions to this audience celebrates a wider ...

27 March 2018

Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a Self-Build Direct to Intermediaries proposition to provide an additional option for intermediaries with self-build clients. This includes the introduct...

26 March 2018

How many of your clients need Business Succession Planning? How many of your clients own their own business? Do they have succession planning in place? Approximately 4.7million business in the UK ar...

26 March 2018

Clever Lending, the master broker, has announced the launch of three specialist finance forums including Robert Sinclair, Chief Executive of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), as a keyn...

26 March 2018

UK, MARCH 26, 2018: Mutual Vision Technology, a provider of technology solutions for Building Societies and small banks, has partnered with Mortgage Brain for the development and distribution of its b...

26 March 2018

16% of brokers and intermediaries, who responded to a recent UTB poll, expect their GDPR bill to exceed £5000. However, 15% are yet to start their preparations for the General Data Protection Regulati...

23 March 2018

Leek United Building Society has appointed Jane Stevenson as its new Head of Human Resources (HR). The role is Jane’s first within the financial services sector, after spending the last 20 years in s...

23 March 2018

Key Solutions Mortgages have successfully deployed the full 360 Lifecycle practice management solution with Fact Find, integrated sourcing and Client Portal to their business of 54. The national broke...

22 March 2018

United Trust Bank are pleased to announce that the winner of its 2017 ‘Taste of the high life’ broker promotion is Kay Singh of ChaseBlue Loans. UTB’s 2017 annual broker promotion gave participants a...

22 March 2018

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (22nd March 2018) announced two new Affiliate members, reallymoving and Redbrick Solutions, have join...

22 March 2018

According to Fluent Money’s COO, Tim Wheeldon, the increase in January’s second charge business by 13% over the equivalent period in 2017 is very welcome, but the industry still needs to do more to en...

21 March 2018

Tipton and Coseley Building Society has announced the appointment of its new finance director. Andy Lumby will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the Society's finance department, treasury ...

21 March 2018

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today (21st March 2018) announced it will no longer require a floating charge on its limited company cases. Fleet Mortgages believe this deci...

21 March 2018

The April leg of FIBA’s year long series of regional events has been unveiled with an invitation to all brokers to meet the FIBA team and interact more closely with FIBA’s partner lenders in the Live ...

21 March 2018

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) is delighted to announce that the Financial Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA) will be hosting a debate at the Leeds Expo on 25th April. Pre-registration for the E...

20 March 2018

The notion that there is money to be made from property has been instilled in/suggested to many of us from an early age. As children, we would roll the dice, pass ‘Go’ and set off in a businesslike m...

20 March 2018

Steve Robinson, Head of Lending at Marsden Building Society explains the growing appetite around interest only mortgages in retirement and how the Marsden is positioned to support it. There are a gro...

20 March 2018

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today (20th March 2018) added Furness Building Society to its lender panel. From today, Paradigm member firms will have access to th...

20 March 2018

A poll of brokers and intermediaries working in the fields of property and asset finance has found that 92% believe that the Bank of England will increase the Base Rate this year. The research, carri...

20 March 2018

20th March 2018: General insurance provider, Berkeley Alexander, alerts brokers to the impact of the Energy Act on property owners and their liability. According to research by HSB Engineering, less ...

19 March 2018

Leading online discount life insurance and protection broker Cavendish Online has appointed Luke Barber as Business Development Manager with responsibility for growing its successful white label life ...

19 March 2018

Newcastle Building Society has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Stuart Miller, who has joined the Society’s Board as its new customer director. Stuart has more than th...

19 March 2018

One Mortgage System (OMS), which offers mortgage brokers a seamless processing platform from enquiry to completion, supporting their advice process, sourcing and delivery, has reported that it is the ...

16 March 2018

Below is a comment from Deepbridge Capital, the tax-efficient investment manager, responding to the fact the Finance Bill received Royal Assent yesterday – the Bill includes a range of measures refocu...

15 March 2018

Criteria Hub, the 'deep search' criteria engine for mortgage advisers, clubs and networks, has announced that there will be a free to use option, along with paid subscription based options with full a...

14 March 2018

Below is a comment from Deepbridge Capital, the tax-efficient investment manager, responding to the Government’s new EIS consultation entitled, ‘Financing growth in innovative firms: EIS knowledge-int...

14 March 2018

Bridging lender, Mint Bridging, announced that it is offering free valuations from the 14th March 2018 until the end of April 2018 on all new loan enquiries received, that are fully completed before t...

13 March 2018

This month, to support the growing market demand from First Time Buyers, Marsden Intermediaries has re-launched a first-time buyer range of 95 per cent LTV mortgages with free valuations. Following th...

12 March 2018

Moneyfacts UK Mortgage Trends Treasury Report data (not yet published) reveals that the number of 95% loan-to-value (LTV) mortgages has increased by 37 in just one month, surpassing the 300 mark for t...

09 March 2018

Answers in Retirement, the companies covering a range of retirement and later life services, has today (9th March 2018) announced the launch of the inaugural National Later Life Adviser Conference whi...

08 March 2018

Fluent Money Group has appointed Garry Taylor as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to manage the next stages of development of its IT system. Garry, who has been at Fluent Money since its inception, als...

08 March 2018

Leading general insurance provider Uinsure has launched a campaign to promote greater quality in the GI sector. Following on from its successful Protect or Neglect campaign, launched in 2017, the “Qu...

07 March 2018

If you’re looking to diversify into a new business area, or wish to establish a new business for yourself that you run and make all the decisions on then becoming an Estate Planner could be appealing ...

07 March 2018

The refreshed range includes a two year deal, with no product set up fees at a rate of 3.99% (5.8% APR). This product also includes a free standard valuation, 10% overpayments per annum and £500 cashb...

07 March 2018

Criteria Hub, the deep search criteria engine for mortgage advisers, clubs and networks, has released the results of a survey it conducted among brokers. In response to CH’s canvassing over 1000 advi...

06 March 2018

FTO Bridging Loans has reported a huge 40% increase in loan approvals and an equally impressive 27% profit increase for the year ending 31st December. During the period of 2017 FTO experienced a retu...

06 March 2018

6th March 2017: General insurance provider, Berkeley Alexander, has launched a new sourcing system for intermediaries.  New features have been added to halve the quote time, make it easier to compare ...

06 March 2018

In April 2016, the buy-to-let (BTL) market faced a stamp duty rule change, whereby BTL purchases would incur an extra 3% surcharge on the stamp duty payable. As a result, many landlords who are lookin...

06 March 2018

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today (6th March 2018) added specialist lender, InterBay Commercial, to its mortgage lender panel. From today, Paradigm member firms...

06 March 2018

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (6th March 2018) announced full details of its events for 2018 including a new venue for its Annual C...

06 March 2018

Below is a comment from Deepbridge Capital, the tax-efficient investment manager, on the likelihood of the Finance Bill receiving Royal Asset this month and its inclusion of reforms to Enterprise Inve...

06 March 2018

SortRefer, the online conveyancing platform, has completed its final client guide of the current set of titles, as part of its growing marketing toolbox for brokers. The 31 guides are available free ...

06 March 2018

Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a two-year discounted remortgage product targeting Help to Buy borrowers. The product has an initial two-year discounted pay rate of 1.94% and offers Hel...

06 March 2018

Equifinance, the specialist second charge mortgage lender, says that we must ensure the ‘gig economy’ highlighted in the Taylor Review doesn’t result in financial exclusion due to insecure employment,...

05 March 2018

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) Leeds is now open for brokers, IFAs and financial intermediaries to register for the event on 25th April at the Royal Armouries. CPD accredited seminars will also feature...

02 March 2018

iPipeline – a leading provider of next-generation solutions and services to the life and pensions market – has announced new business figures for 2017. Compared to 2016, new business processed through...

02 March 2018

FAMILIES have provided bags and bags of support for an appeal to help bring some desperately-needed warmth into the lives of homeless people…   Leek United launched its ‘Winter Woollies’ campaign fo...