Press releases for May 2021
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01 June 2021
Newcastle Intermediaries is extending the availability of its Self and Custom-Build product range available through Buildloan by increasing LTV from 80% to 85%. Newcastle Intermediaries have offered ...
01 June 2021
Newcastle Building Society will be the first lender to offer 95% LTV mortgages to buyers of new-build homes under an innovative new mortgage indemnity scheme developed with the Home Builders Federatio...
01 June 2021
Aspen Bridging continues to expand its team in 2021 with Katherine Wilson recruited as an Underwriter and Aqib Iqbal joining as an Underwriter & Risk team member. Wilson arrives from Precise Mortgage...
01 June 2021
1 June 2021 - General insurance provider, Berkeley Alexander, has added the insurance MGA (Managing General Agent) C-Quence to its market leading insurer panel. C-Quence is a new breed digital insure...
01 June 2021
Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (1st June 2021) announced the appointment of a new Key Account Manager. Wes Regis joins with immediate effect and will be responsible for ...
01 June 2021
Specialist lender, Harpenden Building Society, has expanded its sales function and today announces that Jacqui Turner has joined its business development team, providing additional support to brokers ...
01 June 2021
CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender continues to expand its distribution by taking a major step in its phased return to the market by announcing a distribution partnershi...
28 May 2021
Available on the Lendlord platform, the Buy to Sell deal analyser is an addition to the existing property rental deal analyser and can help property investors analyse new Buy to Sell projects, underst...
28 May 2021
Harpenden Building Society has launched a new range of Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor (JBSP) mortgages with 10 product variations. With working situations, personal finances and family life changing ...
28 May 2021
Robert Owen, Managing Director of United Trust Bank’s (UTB) Mortgages & Bridging Division, has announced that he will be stepping back from his day-to-day responsibilities from the beginning of June 2...
28 May 2021
John Coffield, Head of Mortgages at Paradigm Mortgage Services, has today (27th May 2021) announced he will be stepping down from his position and retiring at the end of August. John has been in the ...
28 May 2021
Allica Bank has further invested in the launch of its direct-to-SME offering with the appointment of two local Relationship Managers. The bank says its mission is to give established SMEs access to th...
28 May 2021
Pepper Money has enhanced its broker telephone support, making it quicker and easier for brokers to speak directly with their dedicated Case Owner. Brokers can now connect directly to their dedicated...
28 May 2021
Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, has successfully been re-certified as ISO27001 compliant for a further three years following ...
28 May 2021
Roma Finance, the lender less ordinary, is delighted to announce the promotion of Steve Smith to National Sales Manager. Steve, who has been Roma’s Senior Business Development Manager for the South W...
28 May 2021
Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (28th May 2021) announced it will now lend to limited liability partnerships (LLPs). The lender is offering a specific product range to LL...
26 May 2021
The Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) organisers are delighted to announce a partnership with the industry’s best-read publication, Mortgage Introducer, to deliver a topical and relevant seminar programme ...
26 May 2021
John Dobson, CEO at anti-money laundering experts, SmartSearch, comments: “To have a bank the size of NatWest facing criminal proceedings in a British court is unprecedented and suggests a much more ...
26 May 2021
Specialist mortgage lender, Pepper Money, has identified the most common reasons for people to have an adverse credit record as part of its Adverse Credit Study, in association with YouGov. The most ...
26 May 2021
John Phillips, national operations director, Just Mortgages and Spicerhaart said: “Although monthly transactions are down from the record highs in March, April was another impressive month for reside...
26 May 2021
First 4 Bridging (F4B) has partnered with Nivo to deliver a secure instant messaging and document gathering service for its growing number of intermediary partners and introducers. The service helps ...
26 May 2021
CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender, is working with BEP Systems to provide advanced solutions for its buy-to-let originations platform. BEP Systems’ Apprivo2 platform w...
26 May 2021
ULS technology has agreed a partnership with MPowered Mortgages to provide an integrated panel management service to the recently launched lender. The integrated service will provide MPowered Mortgag...
26 May 2021
BuildStore Group has strengthened its senior executive team with the appointment of Julian Foster as chief operating officer. Foster has been in financial services for over 30 years and was previousl...
25 May 2021
West One Loans has made product and criteria enhancements to its Apex 1 second charge mortgage range including raising the loan to value from 80% up to 85%. The Apex 1 range is for customers whose cr...
25 May 2021
Landbay has been accredited as one of the top firms to work for in three categories in the annual Best Companies list. During a live televised show on Friday, Landbay achieved third position in the f...
25 May 2021
New bridging applications achieved £7.49bn in Q1 2021, an increase of more than 25.5% on the same period in 2020. This is according to the latest figures compiled by auditors from data provided by m...
25 May 2021
Disruptive tenants can cause landlords high levels of stress, whether they have failed to pay the rent, breached their tenancy obligations or even damaged property. But with the economic impact of co...
24 May 2021
Pitch 4 Finance has saved a client almost £80k a year in interest payments after a broker used the platform to refinance a property portfolio. The client’s extensive portfolio was financed by an exi...
24 May 2021
Leading anti-money laundering specialist SmartSearch has warned property agents are in serious danger of non-compliance with new regulations, unless they ditch documents and embrace a digital solution...
24 May 2021
A mortgage and property finance collective has today, Monday 24th May 2021, announced the launch of The Blood Bank, an industry initiative aimed at raising awareness of the importance of donating bloo...
24 May 2021
CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender, has added New Leaf to its select distribution panel. The arrangement will allow advisers within the New Leaf network access to the C...
24 May 2021
Impact Specialist Finance has been reappointed to the Sesame Bankhall Group approved specialist lending panel of master brokers after an extensive review of all panel members. This partnership will ...
21 May 2021
Over 550 members attended network’s second virtual National Training Event yesterday Over 50 lenders and provider partners exhibited on the day Guest speaker, Geoff Ramm (author of Celebrity Service) ...
21 May 2021
Stonebridge, the mortgage and insurance network, has today (20th May 2021) announced the appointment of a new Operations Director. Gavin Earnshaw joins the business on the 1st June and will lead Ston...
21 May 2021
Staff at Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) embraced Mental Health Awareness Week with five days of activities, during which the latest Health and Wellbeing interview with Paula Purdy was launched. Run...
21 May 2021
Following the HMRC property transaction figures this morning, here’s a comment from Richard Pike at Phoebus. I hope it’s of interest for your reporting: Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marke...
21 May 2021
UK, May 21 2021: MPowered Mortgages is the latest lender to go live on Criteria Hub, the criteria-based sourcing solution from mortgage technology expert Mortgage Brain. Criteria Hub provides adviser...
21 May 2021
Commenting on the HMRC transaction figures for April which show a 35.8% drop on March, Jonathan Sealey, CEO at Hope Capital said: “It will come as no surprise that last month’s figures should have dro...
20 May 2021
A mortgage and property finance collective has today announced that it is set to launch a new bank on 1st June 2021. While the name is set to be revealed next month, we can disclose that the bank wil...
20 May 2021
Pepper Money has grown its Underwriting Specialist team by two thirds since the beginning of the year. At the start of 2021, the specialist lender had a team that consisted of 15 Case Owners who are ...
20 May 2021
New research from Smart Money People, the leading financial services customer review and insight website, has found that broker satisfaction with how quickly lenders are processing applications throug...
20 May 2021
The latest MBT Affordability Index has found that it’s harder for customers aged 55 and over to secure a mortgage for the amount they require than customers who are self-employed. Data from MBT Affo...
20 May 2021
Bristol, – Computershare Loan Services and The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) have awarded £40,000 to national charity Depaul UK to help tackle the root causes of homelessness and improve financ...
20 May 2021
Just Wealth, the financial advisory arm of national broker firm Just Mortgages, has taken on thirteen wealth advisers as part of its ambitious growth strategy. The first six advisers are now through t...
20 May 2021
Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) has selected Six Degrees as the latest provider within the PSL Partnership Programme. Six Degrees is a Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Services Provider that will strengt...
20 May 2021
Specialist self-build finance provider BuildLoan has joined the lending panel of the newly launched TMG Club, the mortgage club of The Money Group. BuildLoan provides mortgage club members with exclu...
19 May 2021
Impact Specialist Finance has been appointed by Mojo Mortgages as a referral partner for customers with a complex scenario or poor credit history. This partnership will enable Mojo Mortgages customer...
19 May 2021
Bristol, 19 May 2021 – Specialist buy-to-let (BTL) lender Zephyr Homeloans has cut rates on its 75% loan-to-value (LTV) five-year, fixed-rate loans and introduced a 2% product fee option across its en...
19 May 2021
Saffron Building Society’s Community Fund has officially given over £100k to support local charities over the last decade. Over £13.5k went to charities this year, a year when they needed it most. 18...
19 May 2021
Landbay has reduced rates and fees across its core buy-to-let product range and completed a significant upgrade to its broker portal. Some of Landbay’s rates have fallen by 0.10% and fees decreased b...
19 May 2021
New lender Black & White Bridging and specialist distributor Loans Warehouse have agreed an exclusive partnership which means that Loans Warehouse will be the only packager/distributor in the UK to ca...
19 May 2021
UK, May 19 2021: Continuing its drive to transform mortgage sourcing, users of the market-leading product sourcing solution MortgageBrain Classic will be able to source products based on affordability...
19 May 2021
Ground risk specialist, Terrafirma, warns that there is just one month to go until the Bank of England launches regulatory climate stress testing. This will initially affect all the largest banks, bui...
19 May 2021
Brightstar Financial has partnered with Sesame Bankhall Group as a preferred distributor on its new specialist lending panel. The partnership means that members of PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Netwo...
18 May 2021
Leading anti-money laundering solution provider SmartSearch has entered the non-regulated market with a new product launch as part of its ongoing business growth. The RegTech specialist, based in Ilk...
18 May 2021
Conveyancing firm O’Neill Patient (ONP) has set up a Training Academy to bring new blood into the conveyancing industry and has welcomed 79 new starters in the first four months of 2021. This new rec...
18 May 2021
Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today (18th May 2021) launched a number of new products, including fee-assisted options for purchases as well as remortgages, two fi...
18 May 2021
Alternative Bridging Corporation has strengthened its BDM team with the recruitment of Danielle Evans to cover the Midlands and North of England. Danielle has more than 12 years’ experience in prope...
18 May 2021
Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has expanded its sales and digital teams with Ollie Smith joining as National Account Manager and Yvonne McKeown as Digital Marketing Manager respectively. Smith will...
18 May 2021
Evolution Money, the second-charge lending specialist, has today (18th May 2021) celebrated its 10th anniversary having lent well over £260 million to over 26,500 customers across the last decade. Es...
17 May 2021
Roma Finance is delighted to announce the appointment of Michael Allison as Head of Transformational Change. This is an exciting moment for Roma as it looks to invest further in enhancing the intermed...
17 May 2021
Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has today (17th May 2021) announced results for its 2020-21 financial year having achieved record yearly lending completion figures despite th...
17 May 2021
CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender, has launched its new BTL product range with a limited group of directly authorised brokers and selected packager partners as part of ...
17 May 2021
West One Loans’ buy-to-let division has unveiled a raft of product and criteria changes today [May 17], including a new product launch and reduced prices on selected ranges. The range is available on...
17 May 2021
Pandemic also provoking temporary rent reductions and mortgage refinancing Bristol, 17 May 2021 – More than a third (34%) of landlords have recently purchased another buy-to-let property (BTL) or in...
14 May 2021
Sort Group: SortRefer, Sort Move and Sort Legal – are all working together to raise money for The Mental Health Foundation this year. Through their hard work and efforts, they have now revised their f...
14 May 2021
UK, May 14 2021: Mortgage technology expert Mortgage Brain has delivered a new, bespoke API for Bath Building Society that provides a streamlined journey for mortgage advisers using the society’s webs...
14 May 2021
The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (13th May 2021) welcomed the inclusion of a new Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill as announced in t...
14 May 2021
- Citizens Advice, Essex performing their first ever ‘understanding debt’ training with a building society as Saffron funds training packs. - Saffron Building Society staff to be trained in the under...
14 May 2021
Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has added Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) as a distribution partner across it three advisory brands – Sesame Network, PMS Mortgage Club and Bankhall. With immediate effec...
14 May 2021
Mansfield Building Society has increased its product offering above 80% with three new fixed rates, including a 95% house purchase product for both first time buyers AND home movers. Along with 2 yea...
14 May 2021
Aspen Bridging has set a new monthly completions record having lent £23m in April 2021, and it plans to immediately exceed the figure in May. Comprising cases across 11 counties, submitted by 13 bro...
13 May 2021
Allica Bank has appointed three Business Development Managers to further drive its broker distribution channel. The appointments coincide with a decision to further increase its commercial mortgage...
13 May 2021
Dudley Building Society will be instigating a regular half yearly broker survey after the success of the first one sent to introducers at the end of 2020. In November last year, introducers were aske...
13 May 2021
MCI Mortgage Club now offers its members a full package of services with the addition of a new surveying referral partnership. Members of MCI can refer their clients to Home Survey Centre who provide...
12 May 2021
Suros Capital, the alternative security short term lender, has provided an £81600 loan to an existing customer and SME owner secured against his luxury watch collection. The client was seeking short ...
12 May 2021
Fraser Johns, Beard financial director said: “Within 24 hours of the Queen’s Speech outlining key government plans for training and skills, today’s output figures from the ONS serve to underline how c...
12 May 2021
360 Dotnet and Twenty7Tec have enhanced their integration allowing the communication of data to move freely from 360 Lifecycle’s FactFind to Twenty7Tec’s CloudTwenty7 platform. This makes the FactFind...
11 May 2021
UK, May 11 2021: Mortgage technology expert Mortgage Brain has extended its partnership with Harpenden Building Society, taking on the provision of the criteria pages on its intermediary-facing websit...
11 May 2021
Second Crystal intermediary survey highlights major rise in key mental health concerns Results released at start of national Mental Health Awareness Week (May 10-16) Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF)...
11 May 2021
One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform, has partnered with Nivo, a secure mobile messaging platform to offer facial recognition ID verification....
11 May 2021
Leading UK anti-money laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch is launching in the Netherlands, introducing its innovative digital solution to a second international market within 12 months. Over the past d...
11 May 2021
Continuing to build up the specialist lenders on its panel, MCI Mortgage Club has brought on board United Trust Bank. UTB lends on first and second charge mortgages up to £500,000 and will consider n...
11 May 2021
Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) and SimplyBiz Mortgages have announced a partnership which will provide the mortgage club’s members with easy access to the award-winning MBT Affordability platform, which ...
11 May 2021
Alternative Bridging Corporation has completed a £3.4m development loan to bring Andrew Gibson House, an iconic Liverpool landmark, back to life. Andrew Gibson House is a former care home for widows...
11 May 2021
Leading multifaceted valuation market specialists, VAS Group* has appointed Andrew Murdoch as Valuation Panel Director. A vastly experienced Chartered Surveyor, RICS Registered Valuer and RICS Regis...
11 May 2021
Black & White Bridging, the Bristol based specialist lender has announced that it has joined the NACFB as a patron. Black & White Bridging, the recently rebranded intermediary face of long term bridg...
11 May 2021
Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (11th May 2021) announced it has cut rates on its 75% LTV payrate products. The lender offers these products across three core parts of it...
10 May 2021
Selina Finance is raising service standards in the digital loan market by integrating smart technology from Fintech specialists Nivo. Focused on delivering flexible borrowing to UK consumers and busi...
10 May 2021
Following last week’s announcement of their return to lending as an intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender, CHL Mortgages has confirmed appointment of a National Accounts Manager and three BDM...
10 May 2021
Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG), the group of packaging firms committed to specialist finance, has announced it has appointed a new Head of its Y3S Bridging & Commercial business. Liam Hughes has bee...
10 May 2021
“Client confidence in the market is growing and this increased optimism was reflected with the surge in new orders in April. Throughout the pandemic there has been understandable hesitancy from client...
10 May 2021
The housing market is a huge topic and specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay will be delving into this with the eminent economist Professor David Miles CBE. Landbay’s CEO John Goodall will be hosting ...
10 May 2021
Sirius Property Finance has partnered with Chris Field to lead the debt advisor’s new Specialist Business Finance Team, specialising in the Care and Hospitality sectors. Chris has more than 28 years...
10 May 2021
The Brightstar Group is launching its largest ever programme for Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) in acknowledgement of the challenges faced by everyone at this stage of the pandemic. In advance ...
06 May 2021
- Saffron Building Society has this week announced new flexible, hybrid working practices to be implemented immediately for all relevant staff. - The society has offered flexible working for all offi...
06 May 2021
New research from criteria search specialist, Knowledge Bank, shows that brokers are searching for applications that will not leave a lasting mark on a clients’ credit score. This follows the announce...
06 May 2021
Darlington Building Society is the latest lender to join the growing lender panel of MCI Mortgage Club. The Society offers a wide range of mortgages from residential and buy-to-let through to complex...
06 May 2021
Specialist lender, Dudley Building Society, has announced the launch of a new product to cater for larger loan amounts of up to £1.5 million, as well as a 95% mortgage aimed at ‘local’ customers buyin...
06 May 2021
Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, has announced the appointment of Ana Bajri as a Senior Technical Manager for Risk and Complia...
06 May 2021
The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (6th May 2021) announced the appointment of a new Non-Executive Chair. Nicky Heathcote, who has over...
05 May 2021
Mansfield Building Society has launched a new 5 year fixed rate standard buy to let mortgage with a reduced rental income calculation (ICR). The new product offers fixed repayments over a 5 year peri...
05 May 2021
- Saffron Building Society is excited to announce the official launch of their partnership with the Brilliant Solutions Mortgage Club. - As part of this, Saffron will be offering their members a vari...
05 May 2021
Sirius Property Finance has strengthened its Development division with the recruitment of Devraj Ray as a Senior Associate. Devraj has six years’ experience working for high-profile advice firms incl...
05 May 2021
Leading national broker firm, Just Mortgages is launching a new work from home option for experienced brokers. The option is available for those who have at least two-years mortgage advising experien...
05 May 2021
Brightstar Financial has launched two new webinar dates in May, which will feature a packed programme of content to help brokers better serve the changing needs of their clients. The webinars, whic...
05 May 2021
Ying Tan, founder and chief executive of Dynamo, formerly known as The Buy to Let Business, will exit the award-winning broker and mortgage club at the end of May after a 100% Connells Group buyout. ...
05 May 2021
Alternative Bridging Corporation has expanded its Case Management team in response to increasing demand from brokers. The bridging and development lender has recruited Risha Gajjar as a Case Manager...
05 May 2021
First 4 Bridging (F4B) has announced the launch of a semi-exclusive buy-to-let (BTL) product with Castle Trust Bank. The BTL product has a five-year term with a two-year ERC at a rate of 4.5%. It has...
05 May 2021
Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today (5th May 2021) cut the product fees on three of its Limited Edition Limited Company buy-to-let products. The three products, ...
04 May 2021
CHL Mortgages has announced their return to lending as an intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender. CHL Mortgages has appointed Matt Kimber as Managing Director for its lending business. Kimber...
04 May 2021
Pepper Money has expanded its National Accounts team with the recruitment of Daniel Wraith as National Accounts Development Manager. Daniel has more than 14 years’ experience in the mortgage market,...
04 May 2021
Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says “We’re getting used to seeing these types of figures for mortgage approvals. The stamp duty holiday lit the fire and will continue to ...
04 May 2021
John Phillips, national operations director, Just Mortgages and Spicerhaart said: “This year has been unprecedented in terms of the volume of mortgages, and March was possibly the peak in an impressi...
