Press releases for October 2023

01 November 2023

Kuflink, the specialist bridging lender, has announced that it has become the latest lender to join Dynamo for Intermediaries’ lender panel. All of Kuflink’s products will now be available via Dynamo ...

01 November 2023

• The funds will be used to accelerate lending and balance sheet growth as the digital bank continues to challenge the incumbents • Atom has developed a highly scalable business model, which has been ...

01 November 2023

The organisers of National Conveyancing Week (NCW) have today (1st November 2023) confirmed plans for the 2024 event, which will take place between the 11th and 15th March 2024. Rob Hailstone (Bold L...

01 November 2023

Pepper Money has made a number of enhancements to its lending criteria to help customers maximise their affordability when they apply for a mortgage. The specialist lender has increased the amount o...

31 October 2023

Simon Webb, managing director of capital markets and finance at LiveMore, said: “The housing market has been more subdued this year than last year as the cost-of-living bites into many peoples finance...

31 October 2023

Just Mortgages is one of the largest mortgage brokers in the UK, with more than 650 advisers working across both employed and self-employed divisions. It is part of Spicerhaart, the UK’s largest indep...

31 October 2023

Adam Oldfield, chief revenue officer at Phoebus Software says “The transactions completed in September have been in the pipeline for months. At the time these transactions started we were going throug...

31 October 2023

Karl Wilkinson, CEO at Access Financial Services said: “As anticipated, September data demonstrated that the market continues to hibernate, and still feels the effects of mounting interest rates in a...

31 October 2023

Mark Tosetti, partnerships director at Movera said: “With September data based on applications and approvals from months before, the effects of mounting interest rates in a challenging market are sti...

31 October 2023

Specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has made more than 80 changes to its product range including a host of rate reductions with rates starting from 4.09%. Among the highlights of the changes are rat...

30 October 2023

Katie Pender, managing director at Target Group, says “Mortgage approvals have been falling for some months now, but this is a significant drop, especially for remortgages. With so many people due to ...

30 October 2023

A survey of more than 1,000 landlords by The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS), has suggested that a significant proportion of landlords are implementing rent rises in the face of increasing costs....

30 October 2023

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has reduced interest rates for its Second Charge Loans by up to 1.14% for some LTVs. For example, UTB’s 0-Status , 5yr fixed rate without an Early...

30 October 2023

Adam Oldfield, chief revenue officer at Phoebus Software, says “The figures from the Bank of England this morning make grim reading as far as the housing market is concerned. Although, it’s no surpris...

30 October 2023

Simon Webb, managing director of capital markets and finance at LiveMore, said: “The sharp fall in net mortgage lending in September is in stark contrast to the previous four months where net lending ...

30 October 2023

Just Mortgages is one of the largest mortgage brokers in the UK, with more than 650 advisers working across both employed and self-employed divisions. It is part of Spicerhaart, the UK’s largest indep...

30 October 2023

A webinar poll undertaken by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, saw 84% of property professionals highlight the importance of th...

26 October 2023

[Ryde, Isle of Wight] – 1st Call 4 Mortgages (UK) Ltd, a leading name in the mortgage and protection advisory industry, is thrilled to announce the launch of its new careers website, dedicated exclusi...

26 October 2023

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Gary Lomax as Business Development Manager in its Bridging Finance division as it continues to develop its support for brokers across the country. Gary has a nea...

26 October 2023

Under Consumer Duty, financial services firms must understand the financial impact on disabled clients, a leading consumer vulnerability expert has warned. A recent report by The Personal Financial R...

26 October 2023

Suros Capital, the short term luxury asset lender, has reported a 40% rise in enquiries this year specifically about business purposes. Cases include helping a solicitor buy into a legal partnership ...

26 October 2023

Clever Lending, the specialist finance packager and master broker, has announced that it has recently packaged a £180,800 regulated bridging facility for a residential property purchase in Scotland. ...

25 October 2023

UK Finance is the collective voice for the banking and finance industry. The report shows that: • Criminals stole £580 million through unauthorised and authorised fraud in the first half of 2023, a tw...

25 October 2023

After an impressive 27 years with Mortgage Intelligence, Sally Laker has decided to announce her plan to retire in 2024, handing over to John Cupis of Dynamo, John will become Managing Director on 1st...

25 October 2023

National brokerage Just Mortgages has strengthened its employed division with the appointment of four new divisional sales directors. Joining the Just Mortgages team is Emily Fox and Sharman Apps, wh...

25 October 2023

Landlords need greater support from advisers in order to navigate the best course through the current economic climate, according to Property Circle, the provider of the UK’s first 24/7 client databas...

25 October 2023

Hanley Economic Building Society has today (Wednesday 25 October) announced three major criteria changes to its lending policy. Following intermediary feedback, Hanley Economic Building Society has r...

25 October 2023

Selina Finance has announced that it now allows loans to be funded without receiving first charge consent as a pre-condition. This new "pre-consent funding" feature is designed to expedite the time ta...

24 October 2023

HLPartnership (HLP) has announced substantial upgrades to its technology platform and believes that it now offers the most comprehensive and integrated facility in the market to its members. With Con...

24 October 2023

Alternative Bridging Corporation has promoted Mike Halsey to the role of Business Development Manager (BDM) for Hertfordshire & Essex. Mike joined Alternative Bridging in April this year as an Inter...

24 October 2023

StreamBank has joined Loans Warehouse's panel of bridging lenders. StreamBank specialises in both Regulated and Unregulated bridging finance, offering short-term financing of up to £5m with terms of ...

24 October 2023

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network have today (24th October 2023) announced the appointment of a new Compliance Manager. Joanne Measures starts the role with immediate effect and will report to ...

23 October 2023

Specialist lender, Pepper Money, has recruited Sam Bickerton as Regional Development Manager for Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, as well as some parts of London. Sam has more than 12 years’ experience in...

23 October 2023

LiveMore is bringing in a new era for equity release with the launch of Property Plus, a lifetime mortgage with the broadest property criteria in the market. After a successful trial, LiveMore is rol...

23 October 2023

Bank also simplifies loan bandings focused on £100k-£5m and bespoke products over £5m Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has made rate cuts to its specialist buy-to-let mortgage range, offering significant ...

23 October 2023

Mercantile Trust, the specialist bridging, and buy-to-let lender has introduced a 1-year fixed rate and 5-year fixed with no ERC, to their buy-to-let product offering. The products are designed to a...

23 October 2023

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries is continuing to develop its Sales Team and enhance relationships with distribution partners by appointing Rachel Shackleton to the role of Busines...

20 October 2023

Precise Mortgages, part of leading specialist lender OSB Group, has enhanced its residential and buy to let mortgage offering to give customers access to lower rates and more choice. Key residential ...

20 October 2023

Loans Warehouse today announced they’ve achieved Key Partner status with Precise Mortgages. This status recognises Loans Warehouse as an industry expert in their field, delivering quality, volume bus...

20 October 2023

Following broker feedback, Newcastle Intermediaries has re-entered the two-year 95% LTV market with a competitive range of products to support first-time buyers and low deposit borrowers in achieving ...

20 October 2023

Castle Trust Bank has increased the maximum loan size on which it can use Title Insurance to expedite the process from £2m to £3m. The specialist bank is now able to use Title Insurance to speed up ...

20 October 2023

Five Leicestershire-based Building Societies have teamed up to launch the inaugural Leicestershire Lenders Live Event. The Leicestershire Lenders Live Event will take place at Leicestershire County ...

20 October 2023

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), one of the largest independent mortgage and financial planning networks in the UK, has revealed the importance of a personalised follow up as being the top learnin...

19 October 2023

United Trust Bank’s loan book has exceeded £3billion for the first time, following continued growth across its lending divisions in 2023 and despite the volatile and challenging economic and market co...

19 October 2023

Specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has announced rate reductions to its standard five-year fixed rate products, with a 0.10% decrease across the entire range. The standard five-year fixed range now...

19 October 2023

The balances of loans and savings on the Phoebus servicing platform has increased by 25% in just one year from £80 billion to over £100 billion assets under management. Phoebus has been servicing acc...

19 October 2023

ONP Group, has rebranded as ‘Movera’. Movera is progressive group of home moving businesses with years of experience and trust. Its brands include ONP Solicitors, Cavendish Legal Group (CLG), Grindeys...

19 October 2023

21Finance has launched a packager service dedicated to the broker market concentrating on whole of market specialist lending support. With an offering that includes first and second charge mortgages,...

19 October 2023

Pepper Money has launched Consent to Follow on its Second Charge mortgages, enabling the lender to issue a mortgage offer when Consent from the first charge lender is the only outstanding item. The ...

19 October 2023

• Atom bank has further reduced rates on selected Prime and Near Prime products • Prime reductions up to 0.25% across 60-90% LTV • Near Prime reductions up to 0.10% Atom bank has further reduced rate...

19 October 2023

Aspen Bridging lent £57.7m from July to September 2023, making it the best quarterly performance in the lender’s history. The lender finalised deals ranging from the largest at £7m, all the way thro...

19 October 2023

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Greg Barnard as head of broker support within its Specialist Mortgages division as part of its continued drive to deliver market-leading ser...

19 October 2023

Mercantile Trust, the specialist bridging, and buy-to-let lender, has completed a £65,290 loan in under two weeks. The case was introduced to Mercantile Trust by Norton Finance, who were looking for...

19 October 2023

National brokerage Just Mortgages has launched a brand-new series of workshops to help ambitious self-employed brokers secure their equity release licence. Three workshops will be available to existi...

18 October 2023

Firms using vulnerability assessments for their Consumer Duty compliance are identifying a similar proportion of vulnerable clients as the FCA’s own findings, new data from the MorganAsh Resilience Sy...

18 October 2023

“Prices continue to rise more slowly, with today’s data reflecting the challenging time the property market has experienced so far in 2023, with rising rates negatively impacting how much buyers are a...

18 October 2023

• Vida have increased the maximum age at the end of term to 80 years old • Maximum potential mortgage term extended from 40 years to 45 years • Rates have been reduced across the entire product range ...

18 October 2023

Paving the Way for Training and Recruitment Initiatives within the Company By: 1st Call 4 Mortgages (UK) Ltd In response to the ongoing challenges faced by mortgage brokers due to prevailing marke...

18 October 2023

Adam Oldfield, chief revenue officer at Phoebus Software, says “It was widely reported earlier this week that economists expected inflation to have gone down again this month. Although, when prices at...

18 October 2023

United Trust Bank (UTB) has reduced pricing on its range of regulated and unregulated bridging loans. The specialist bank now offers regulated bridging loans with interest rates from as little as 0....

18 October 2023

Simon Webb, managing director of capital markets and finance at LiveMore, commented: “The annual Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation has stalled again and remained stubbornly at 6.7% in September. B...

18 October 2023

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (18th October 2023) released the latest iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q3 2023 rental yields across England and Wale...

18 October 2023

A recent survey reveals that a significant number of firms in emerging financial sectors are still not sufficiently prepared for compliance audits. The repercussions include the risk of business down...

17 October 2023

OPDA has today confirmed the completion of its Executive Committee with Atom bank taking the final founder position. The strategic collaboration of the member firms from across the property and mortga...

17 October 2023

LiveMore has launched an exclusive packager proposition designed to further broaden broker access to later life lending products for their customers who are aged 50-90+. The packagers LiveMore is wor...

17 October 2023

Clever Lending, the specialist finance packager and master broker, has announced that it has recently helped a customer who needed to refinance a Multi Unit Freehold Block (MUFB). The introducer had ...

17 October 2023

The mortgage industry’s premier intermediary event, Mortgage Business Expo (MBE), has announced that visitor numbers at its London show, held on 12th October, were up 14% on 2022 figures. In additio...

16 October 2023

The UK’s leading mortgage broker, L&C Mortgages, has announced a specialist mortgage partnership with Brilliant Solutions to support their customers and advisers with complex mortgage cases through Br...

13 October 2023

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates across their existing mortgage product range by an average of 0.8%. In addition to this, they have reintroduced two year fixed rate products for both resident...

13 October 2023

The sale of Tenetlime, whether brokers are looking at the end of the ‘fee-free’ model and frustrations with green mortgages were three of the most talked about topics in September on the cherryplc.co....

12 October 2023

Roma Finance is delighted to announce a brand new £120m lending facility with The Cambridge Building Society. The new £120 million facility is for bridging loans, development finance and specialist ...

12 October 2023

More than a third of firms in emerging finance sectors admit that they have been a victim of financial crime – including money laundering, in the last six months, new data from a cross-sector survey c...

12 October 2023

Specialist finance broker The Loan Partnership has today unveiled a fresh new re-brand, reflecting a more modern and forward-thinking approach under Managing Director, Joe Defries. This sees a brand-n...

12 October 2023

Atom bank has facilitated a £1m commercial loan for Hampshire-based classic cars restoration and maintenance specialist Bill Rawles Classic Cars, after the business reviewed its long-term borrowing st...

12 October 2023

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Annie Crust as business development manager (BDM) for the Midlands within its specialist mortgages division. Annie has over 25 years’ expe...

12 October 2023

One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers and lenders, has appointed Jodie Andrews as head of marketing. Jodie joins OMS from Spicerh...

12 October 2023

Paradigm, the mortgage, protection and compliance services proposition, has today (12th October 2023) announced the addition of a new Cybersecurity test module on its CPD Test Zone. The new Cybersecu...

11 October 2023

The Loans Engine are delighted to announce their partnership with FOUR new lenders. The specialist finance broker will now be working with Octopus Real Estate, Glenhawk, Greenfield Mortgages and ABC. ...

11 October 2023

Just Wealth, the financial services arm of national brokerage Just Mortgages, has announced it has already surpassed its 2022 totals for both referrals and business written. Advisers at Just Wealth h...

10 October 2023

Chadwick Lawrence Solicitors has secured a place on My Legal Club’s UK conveyancing panel for mortgage brokers, estate agents, and members after a review of solicitors wishing to join the panel. Chadw...

10 October 2023

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Alan Coleman as Lending Director within its Development Finance division. Alan has over seven years’ experience in the property finance ind...

10 October 2023

A mortgage and protection brokerage in Liverpool has mandated the completion of vulnerability assessments for all customers, as the FCA warns financial services of “weak identification” of vulnerable ...

10 October 2023

Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition - which is part of Paradigm Mortgage Services - has today (10th October 2023) announced a new partnership with technology provider, Und...

10 October 2023

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced improved business volumes and appointed representative (AR) firm/adviser numbers at its recent National Training Event held earlier this month in ...

10 October 2023

One of the UK’s largest independent mortgage brokers, The Mortgage Hut, today confirmed it has selected Property Circle to provide its intelligent, automated lead generation system and client app. Ni...

09 October 2023

Feedback sought from across the home moving industry, government and consumers The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) is an informal mix of people from across the property, legal and finance secto...

09 October 2023

One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers and lenders, has added Scott Fient to its burgeoning sales team. Scott is the latest Busin...

09 October 2023

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has restructured its Buy-to-Let product range, simplifying the choice for brokers and enabling many customers to benefit from significantly lower p...

09 October 2023

Mercantile Trust, the specialist bridging, buy-to-let and commercial lender, has launched a new fixed rate bridging finance option. Loans are available on both a first and second charge basis from £2...

06 October 2023

Hanley Economic Building Society has announced the launch of three new residential products up to 95% LTV. The first product is a two-year fee-free fixed rate mortgage available up to 95% LTV with a ...

06 October 2023

KIS Finance, a leader in the bridging market with over 13 years of experience and a remarkable track record of £1 billion in lending and well over 3,000 completed bridging loans, is excited to announc...

06 October 2023

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, has announced the appointment of Martyn Stones as Director of Technical Services. Martyn is ...

06 October 2023

Norton Broker Services has been appointed to the panel of StreamBank, helping the new bridging and development finance lender to launch its regulated bridging proposition to market. StreamBank is a n...

05 October 2023

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) held its first Development Finance Masterclass event for brokers on Wednesday 27th September in Central London. The masterclass provided a practical introduction to develop...

05 October 2023

Phoebus is thrilled to announce a major milestone in its ongoing pursuit of excellence in data security having successfully completed the rigorous SOC 2 Type 2 attestation process. This signifies the...

05 October 2023

Fraser Johns, finance director at Beard Construction said: “After three months of growth and many positive signs for the sector, today’s news is another reminder that we’re not out of the woods just y...

05 October 2023

SmartSearch, the UK’s leading provider of digital compliance solutions, has today announced the internal appointment of Julie Green as client services director. In nearly six years, Julie has risen t...

04 October 2023

Alternative Bridging Corporation has cut the rates on its innovative Alternative Overdraft drawdown product by 0.10%. The Alternative Overdraft provides a flexible loan facility which delivers funds...

04 October 2023

Target Group is officially launching the Mortgage Hub, its state-of-the-art mortgage originations system. Over two years in development, it is set to revolutionise the way that lenders and brokers pla...

04 October 2023

Lendlord, the platform for property investors and landlords, has launched a Tenants App to streamline the way landlords and tenants communicate. The new app will enable Lendlord users to provide the...

04 October 2023

4 October, London, UK: Acre, the all-in-one intermediary platform, has signed an agreement with Brilliant Solutions, an award-winning leading distributor of mortgages. Together, these two firms will w...

04 October 2023

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (4th October 2023) cut rates on all two- and seven-year fixes across its three core ranges: standard, limited company and HMO/multi-unit bl...

04 October 2023

The Conveyancing Association (CA) - the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has today (4th October 2023) updated its conveyancing member Pledges, in light of the publication of its Digi...

03 October 2023

360 Dotnet, the FinTech CRM platform for the UK intermediary market, and Quilter plc have announced a further investment of growth capital increasing its shareholding. Quilter has been a shareholder i...

03 October 2023

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today refreshed a number of two-year fixed rates within its Core buy-to-let product range. In its F1 tier – for borrowers with an a...

03 October 2023

National brokerage Just Mortgages has appointed Wayne Saker as area director, strengthening the support available to self-employed brokers. Across two decades in financial services, Wayne has extensi...

03 October 2023

Roma Finance, the ‘borrower first’ lender, has today launched a RomaFLOW bridging product range with competitive rates and desktop valuations. The new RomaFLOW range has been put in place as a resul...

03 October 2023

Orbis Protect, the UK leader in vacant property, asset security and people protection services, has become the latest organisation to join the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) as an Associate ...

03 October 2023

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Jessica Winstone-Adair as lending director for London & South East within its development finance division. She brings over 24 years’ expe...

03 October 2023

VAS Valuation Group has promoted five members of staff as the business recognises employee excellence and prepares to increase its market share in 2024. Eloise O’Brien has taken the role of Assistant...

03 October 2023

The innovative home purchase plan provider StrideUp has been added to the PMS Mortgage Club lending panel. The development provides PMS Mortgage Club members with access to StrideUp’s residential pro...

03 October 2023

Mercantile Trust, the specialist bridging and buy-to-let lender, has launched a new bridging finance option for when speed is a necessity. The lender says the Express Bridge is the perfect solution ...

02 October 2023

As part of its ambitious expansion plans, Black & White Bridging has appointed Magnus Duke Dadzie to the role of Relationship Director, reporting to Danny Power, the lender’s newly announced Director ...

02 October 2023

Pepper Money has launched an enhanced Free Legals service, covering the cost of legal work required on remortgage applications, including those for debt consolidation. The enhanced service is manage...

02 October 2023

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has integrated its affordability-first research platform with MPowered Mortgages. MPowered Mortgages provides lending for homebuyers and remortgagers, using artificial in...

02 October 2023

United Trust Bank’s active Mortgage Loan book has exceeded £1billion for the first time, as the specialist lender’s Mortgages for Intermediaries division predicts 24% growth in new business this year....