Press releases for October 2022
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01 November 2022
Castle Trust Bank has strengthened its Sales team with the recruitment of Barry Ireland as Regional Account Manager for the South West & Midlands. Barry joins from Apex Bridging where he managed rela...
01 November 2022
Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a trio of five-year fixed rate products up to 95% LTV. The first of these is a five-year fixed rate product with a headline rate of 5.85%, up to 95% LTV....
01 November 2022
Access Financial Services has launched a support campaign to give brokers the tools to fight back when estate agents put pressure on home buyers to use their in-house mortgage broker rather than letti...
01 November 2022
Central Trust and Mercantile Trust, the intermediary lending brands of the Norfolk Capital Group of Companies, have announced changes to their lending criteria. The maximum loan to value (LTV) the le...
01 November 2022
Rental portfolio acquired through company purchase Recognise Bank has financed the complex purchase of a portfolio of mixed buy-to-let properties with a £1.16 million Professional Buy-to-Let (PBTL) l...
01 November 2022
eConveyancer has launched a panel management partnership with In Partnership, which incorporates The On-Line Partnership Limited and The Whitechurch Network Limited Networks. In Partnership was found...
31 October 2022
Simon Webb, managing director of capital markets and finance at LiveMore said: “Mortgage approvals for house purchases were down by more than 10% to 66,800 in September from the previous month and the...
31 October 2022
Richard Pike, Phoebus Software chief sales and marketing officer, says “This is the first sign that housing is being affected by the current economic situation. The double hit of rising inflation and ...
28 October 2022
United Trust Bank (UTB) recently revealed that it had appointed Sundeep Patel to the key role of Director of Bridging, with a mandate to significantly grow the Bank’s short term lending business. The ...
27 October 2022
United Trust Bank (UTB) is supporting the construction of a new £13.6m housing development at Lea near Gainsborough by successful housebuilder Rippon Homes. The 60-unit development is situated on a 7...
27 October 2022
The Mortgage Climate Action Group has today (27th October 2022) announced it will be hosting a new Green-focused buy-to-let webinar for the intermediary community. The webinar, entitled ‘Seeing the B...
26 October 2022
A webinar poll undertaken by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, highlighted that larger portfolio landlords/property investors a...
26 October 2022
Hertfordshire-based bridging lender TAB has made a key addition to its senior team. Jason Shead, former head of credit risk at West One Loans — a company founded by Duncan Kreeger, now the chief exec...
26 October 2022
London, UK – [26th October 22] – Molo Finance partners with Brilliant Solutions, an award-winning and leading distributor of mortgages that sits between mortgage brokers and lenders. This partnership...
26 October 2022
Pepper Money has strengthened its Sales team, with the recruitment of Dianne Corner into the newly created role of National Sales Manager. Dianne, who joins Pepper Money from NatWest Group, has more ...
26 October 2022
12-month rent increases in London outstripping annual inflation, says the UK’s largest protector of deposits Average UK rents rose by more than two per cent for the second quarter in a row during Q3 ...
25 October 2022
Specialist lender Spring Finance (Spring) has announced that it has recently completed on a funding line with Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB), which will be used to fund bridging, heavy renovation and ligh...
25 October 2022
The mortgage club & specialist mortgage distributer which offers fees free packaging across residential and buy to let mortgages has now removed all upfront packaging fees from its bridging and commer...
25 October 2022
HTB structured asset finance has completed a £3,000,000 asset refinance to assist a well-known container hire group of businesses. The case was introduced to HTB by Approved Business Finance as they ...
25 October 2022
Brightstar Financial has launched a series of free webinars to provide brokers with the latest expertise and insights from leading specialist lenders. The award-winning specialist distributor will b...
25 October 2022
A “worrying” mistrust in technology is making some regulated firms vulnerable to financial crime, an anti-money laundering expert has warned. Multi-sector research by SmartSearch, the UK’s leading pr...
24 October 2022
Bevan Money, an aspiring bank with a focus on providing mortgages for public sector workers and accepting retail deposits, today passed a significant milestone on its way to becoming a new UK authoris...
24 October 2022
Landbay has launched a range of five-year fixed rate buy-to-let products with variable fee options which will help cater for challenging rental calculations. The recent rise in mortgage rates across ...
21 October 2022
ChaseBlue Loans has successfully integrated technology from Nivo and OMS to help their continuing fight against mortgage fraud and make customer communications and document sharing more secure. With ...
21 October 2022
John Phillips, national operations director at Just Mortgages said: “It’s important to recognise that a year-on-year comparison is still something of an anomaly due to the stamp duty holidays creating...
21 October 2022
Simon Webb, managing director of capital markets and finance at LiveMore, said: “The demand for home buying is still strong but steady as evidenced by September’s housing transactions data remaining t...
21 October 2022
Richard Pike, chief sales and marketing director at Phoebus Software, says “Once again the housing market defies expectations, even in this volatile economic environment the non-seasonally adjusted fi...
20 October 2022
The new round of fines dished out to 68 estate agents by HMRC for breaches of anti-money laundering rules might make it appear that many regulated firms are still not taking their compliance responsib...
20 October 2022
Leading national broker firm, Just Mortgages has announced the launch of a new initiative for self-employed brokers; a series of free digital masterclasses to provide them with the tools to communicat...
20 October 2022
UK, 20 October 2022: Technology expert Mortgage Brain today announced three significant enhancements to Halifax Intermediaries DIP offering on Submissions Brain, the multi-lender application and submi...
20 October 2022
Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition - which is part of Paradigm Mortgage Services - has today (20th October 2022) announced a new partnership with Assured Futures, the spe...
19 October 2022
CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender, has launched new Lifetime Tracker products across its entire core and refurbishment product ranges. The Lifetime Tracker products ar...
19 October 2022
Simon Webb, managing director of capital markets and finance at LiveMore, commented: “The slight drop in inflation last month has been reversed with September's double digit print and inflation remain...
19 October 2022
Allica Bank launches 10-year fixed rate commercial mortgages to help SMEs combat uncertainty Allica Bank, the fintech challenger bank dedicated to supporting established small and medium-sized busi...
19 October 2022
Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (19th October 2022) released the latest iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q3 2022 rental yields across England and Wale...
19 October 2022
91% of brokers interviewed and polled for United Trust Bank’s new mortgage white paper - ‘Growing opportunities for brokers in the specialist mortgage market’ - suggested mainstream lenders had tighte...
18 October 2022
Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has today [18th October] announced the appointment of John Archbold as head of portfolio management for its development finance division. John, who is a chartered surveyor...
18 October 2022
OnLadder has announced the appointment of David Swallow as a consultant to the business. David joins OnLadder with over 30 years’ experience in the banking sector. Most recently he worked for Allica...
18 October 2022
With just two weeks to go until the first deadline for the FCA’s new Consumer Duty, wellness specialist MorganAsh has developed a suite of must-have resources to help businesses prepare. By October 3...
18 October 2022
Buckinghamshire Building Society have relaunched fixed rate options on two of their most popular specialist products. The mutuals Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor (JBSP) product is now available on a f...
18 October 2022
Aspen Bridging has completed its latest foreign national purchase bridge in just 20 days, having seen an influx of overseas investment enquiries since the Government’s mini-budget on September 23. Th...
18 October 2022
Leading self and custom-build finance specialist BuildLoan has launched a new advanced stage payment product with Chorley Building Society, which protects clients against the risk of cautious site val...
18 October 2022
Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has launched a new Mortgage Helpdesk, giving brokers immediate telephone access to experts who are able to help research the best solutions for their difficult cases. The ...
18 October 2022
Castle Trust Bank has joined the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) as a Patron of the Association. Established in 1992, the NACFB is the largest trade association for commerc...
17 October 2022
As the UK mortgage sector struggles with the uncertainty of future rate rises, tax changes and the cost-of-living crisis, broker’s criteria searches reveal a worrying decline in borrowers’ circumstanc...
17 October 2022
Source Insurance enhances their landlord proposition by adding a Rent Guarantee product provided by Lexelle Limited. For most Landlords, non-payment of rent is one of their biggest concerns. This prod...
17 October 2022
Richard Pike, Phoebus Software’s chief sales and marketing officer, says “They say “a week is a long time in politics”, and it is likely to feel like a very long week as we wait to see how the markets...
17 October 2022
John Phillips, national operations director at Just Mortgages said: “With many of the key pledges of the ‘mini-budget’ now reversed or scrapped entirely, it seems this is far more than just a U-turn, ...
17 October 2022
Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today (17th October 2022) announced it will be hosting a Power of 8 webinar on the rapidly changing mortgage landscape. The Power of...
17 October 2022
10-year deal will be used to purchase the firm’s own premises. Recognise Bank has agreed a £555,000 commercial mortgage to help an automotive business purchase its own premises. Ralph & Co. Limited,...
14 October 2022
The new buy-to-let product range allows even more landlords to support their property purchase in spite of difficult market conditions News Highlights Molo relaunched its buy-to-let product range ...
14 October 2022
Gavin joins Source Insurance from the LifeQuote Platform, where he delivered across various intermediary-facing development roles during the last ten years in the industry. Source Insurance's new app...
14 October 2022
Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Rob Syrett and Jason Wilmot as lending directors within its development finance division. Rob joins HTB following six years at United Trust...
14 October 2022
Pepper Money has launched a podcast for mortgage intermediaries, called The Specialist. The podcast is hosted by Rob Barnard, Intermediary Relationship Director at Pepper Money and will feature very ...
14 October 2022
Hope Capital has announced it will now lend on land without planning permission, offering up to 50% LTV. Up until now, Hope Capital has only provided a loan suitable for land where planning permissio...
14 October 2022
Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition - which is part of Paradigm Mortgage Services, has today (14th October 2022) added Cirencester Friendly’s range of Income Protection (I...
13 October 2022
Martin Cheek, managing director of SmartSearch said: “Once again, estate agents unfortunately find themselves in the spotlight for compliancy failures with 68 firms fined more than half-a-million poun...
13 October 2022
An anti-money laundering expert is backing calls for reform of the UK’s company registration system after a shocking report this week revealed that thousands of UK-registered Limited Liability Partner...
12 October 2022
New BDM says he joined TAB because of its commitment to sustainability finance — and its key values of trust and transparency TAB has announced it has made two new hires to boost its investment and s...
12 October 2022
Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, has announced the renewal of its partnership with Leeds Building Society through a contracted...
12 October 2022
Beard Construction finance director Fraser Johns says: “It is encouraging to see two consecutive months of growth during July and August – however small – in an increasingly challenging economy. “The...
12 October 2022
Specialist mortgage broker Mortgage Experience has partnered with Nivo to launch a branded mobile app through which customers can apply 24/7, engage with advisers, and provide everything required for ...
12 October 2022
Luxury asset short term lender, Suros Capital, is reporting increasingly buoyant new business with its loan book up over 200% year on year with significant growth in the last three months. The average...
12 October 2022
Richard Pike, Phoebus Software chief sales and marketing officer, says “August already seems a long time ago and these figures really don’t represent anything that has happened in the last few weeks s...
12 October 2022
Castle Trust Bank has promoted Anna Lewis to the role of Commercial Director Anna, who has 18 years’ experience in intermediary mortgages joined Castle Trust Bank as Director of Proposition & Strateg...
12 October 2022
Specialist self and custom-build mortgage distributor BuildLoan today announces a new range of products funded by Hinckley & Rugby s Society. The new Advance Stage Payment products give self-builders...
11 October 2022
SmartSearch, the leading UK provider of anti-money laundering (AML) software has appointed Zowie Lees-Howell as their new vice president of enterprise sales. Zowie is a well-respected name within reg...
11 October 2022
The Right Mortgage & Protection Network hosted over 350 advisers as they returned to the National Conference Centre for their second flagship event of the year, last week. The event was supported by ...
11 October 2022
UK, 11 October 2022: Mortgage Brain today announced its API development to enable brokers using Acre’s unique mortgage platform the ability to connect to top lender Santander, for one click mortgage d...
11 October 2022
Hampshire Trust Bank has become the latest member to join the Association of Short-Term Lenders (ASTL). Hampshire Trust Bank is a specialist bank staffed by experts focussed on providing asset finan...
11 October 2022
Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced the repricing of its full residential mortgage range for both purchase and remortgage, plus the introduction of new ...
11 October 2022
Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition - which is part of Paradigm Mortgage Services - has today (11th October 2022) launched a new Private Medical Insurance (PMI) propositio...
11 October 2022
Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (11th October 2022) announced the relaunch of its five- and seven-year fixes, plus new Trackers and Green Mortgage fixed and tracker option...
10 October 2022
National brokerage Just Mortgages has revealed that for the first time ever there were more female than male applicants for their converted broker academy places. Sixty percent of applicants for the l...
10 October 2022
Mortgage Business Expo London 2022 which opens on the 13thOctober at the Business Design Centre, Islington is going to be the place to be for brokers looking to gain a better understanding of the curr...
10 October 2022
Mortgage Magic has launched online chat functionality, enabling brokers to chat with clients through the Mortgage Magic CRM portal. The new chat features means that brokers and their administrators c...
10 October 2022
The Brightstar Group is marking World Mental Health Day with a series of activities to support its Mental Health Action Plan and ongoing commitment to wellbeing and good mental health. Throughout the...
10 October 2022
Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has developed and launched new technology for financial promotions submission, approval, and management via its wholly-owned trading platform,...
06 October 2022
Pitch 4 Finance has relaunched as Provide Finance, heralding a new era for sourcing and securing specialist finance. Having recently been named Digital Broker of the Year by the NACFB, Pitch 4 Financ...
06 October 2022
Mortgage and protection broker, Access Financial Services (Access FS), has today launched a new administrative service for its brokers. The service which has been in a pilot for the past four months,...
06 October 2022
UK, 6 October 2022: Mortgage Brain announce West One as the latest lender to go live on Sourcing Brain and Criteria Brain, reaching over 15,000 mortgage brokers across the UK. West One, a leading pro...
06 October 2022
Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Uliana Kuzmis as Deputy Managing Director within its Development Finance division. Uliana joins HTB following seven years at Octopus Group,...
06 October 2022
Malcolm moves into this new yet familiar position from his former role as Chairman of Source Insurance, bringing extensive knowledge and expertise in the insurance market. Flourishing in a range of d...
05 October 2022
Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has relaunched into the bridging market following the creation of its new bridging team. The new team is in place to provide a truly bridging-focused offering. The team is ...
05 October 2022
Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, has announced the latest round of its Leadership Development Programme. The CSS Leadership D...
05 October 2022
Norton Home Loans has recruited Mandy Westby to become a roving Underwriter, working with brokers to help identify solutions for their hard to place cases. Mandy has more than 30 years’ experience in...
05 October 2022
360 Dotnet’s award-winning wealth and mortgage platform, 360 Lifecycle, has streamlined the general insurance (GI) journey with Uinsure, the multi-award winning Insurtech firm. 360 have enhanced their...
05 October 2022
Smart Money People, the leading customer review and insight website, has opened its doors for intermediary feedback to be compiled for its H2 2022 Mortgage Lender Benchmark. The bi-annual independen...
03 October 2022
National brokerage Just Mortgages has launched a series of online mental health workshops for principals at their broker firms to help them promote the mental health support available for individual b...
03 October 2022
Building warranty and structured finance specialists, J3 Advisory, today announced the launch of their online calculator that provides indicative costs of building warranties for new build and convers...
03 October 2022
Buckinghamshire Building Society have expanded both their mortgage sales and processing teams, as the specialist lender forges ahead with plans for continued growth. Matt McDougall, previously of TMP...
03 October 2022
OnLadder has announced the appointment of James Bishop as a consultant to the business. He joins the start-up as it seeks authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for its innovative ...
03 October 2022
Alternative Bridging Corporation has promoted Taylor Osunsedo to the role of Business Development Manager. Taylor joined Alternative Bridging Corporation just over three years ago as a Case Manager, ...
03 October 2022
Mortgage Magic has opened a new London office, to support the continued expansion of the technology company. The new office has been opened in Tower Hill and supplements Mortgage Magic’s existing off...
03 October 2022
VAS Valuation Group has become the latest Patron of the NACFB and has vowed to continue its educational approach to ensure brokers better understand and control the valuations process. Covering both...
