Press releases for June 2016

01 July 2016

Leading GI firm Uinsure has been named GI Partner of the Year for the second year running by SimplyBiz Mortgages. Uinsure picked up the accolade at the annual SimplyBiz Group Partnership event. It i...

01 July 2016

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has confirmed that membership has broken through the 8,000-barrier for the first time. “It’s an affirmation of the growing desire amongst those who work in the m...

30 June 2016

Advisers need to ‘keep calm and carry on’ in the aftermath of the EU Referendum vote, said industry experts today, suggesting that the fundamentals of the mortgage market are still strong and that int...

30 June 2016

A significant rise in the number of interest-only mortgage customers opting to take out equity release products in order to pay off their capital is fuelling the growth in the sector, according to Dea...

30 June 2016

Mortgage advisers offering advice in the buy-to-let space have been warned not to get drawn into providing informal tax advice to clients which may ultimately impact negatively on their future tax pos...

30 June 2016

Robert Sinclair, CEO of advisory trade body, the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), has today said that mortgage advisers and intermediaries still occupy the strongest possible position in ...

30 June 2016

Shawbrook Bank has brought together the Commercial and Secured lending divisions into a combined Property Finance business. The new division will sit alongside the Bank’s other customer facing divisio...

30 June 2016

The growing pressure being brought to bear on the buy-to-let market could backfire if it adds to the housing gap, said Phil Rickards of Lloyds Banking Group at today’s FSE Cardiff panel debate. Talki...

30 June 2016

The growing trend towards lenders’ paying procuration fees to mortgage advisers for retained mortgage business is likely to continue, said John Coffield of Paradigm Mortgages at today’s panel debate w...

29 June 2016

29th June 2016: General insurance provider, Berkeley Alexander is delighted to have received a “Highly Commended” award at the SimplyBiz Partner Event. This accolade is in recognition of the progress ...

29 June 2016

Robert Sinclair, CEO of advisory trade body, the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), has today said that the Bank of England and its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has a significant job on ...

29 June 2016

Robert Sinclair, CEO of advisory trade body, the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has today told advisers that the lack of political leadership following the EU referendum vote last week w...

28 June 2016

TFC Homeloans has partnered with TenetLime, to offer Tenet’s appointed representatives wider access to specialist funding solutions. Tenet is one of the largest adviser support groups in the UK, with...

27 June 2016

Source Commercial are today delighted to announce AXA will be joining the panel soon, enabling them to increase both product choice and competitiveness for Brokers. The addition of AXA marks another ...

27 June 2016

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (27th June 2016) announced a new partnership with InfoTrack, a new conveyancing services provider. T...

27 June 2016

Dudley Building Society, the intermediary only mortgage lender, has released a range of strongly priced new products aimed at the BTL market. The Society, which announced strong annual results this m...

23 June 2016

Improvement valid on all term loans after 5 years. Shawbrook Bank has announced a change in its Early Repayment Charge (ERC) structure, removing the 1% overhang that was in place on all term loans af...

23 June 2016

Newport-based business, Convey Law, has been named as a leader in people management practice globally, having been shortlisted in the Excellence in Social Responsibility category (up to 249 employees)...

23 June 2016

TenetLime have confirmed the addition of Manchester-based B2B general insurance provider, Uinsure, to their panel of five star Defaqto-rated insurers. Commenting on the deal, TenetLime managing direc...

23 June 2016

SortRefer, the multiple award winning conveyancing portal, has appointed Phil Goff as Head of Sales. Phil joins SortRefer with a strong track record in the industry, having previously been in sales m...

22 June 2016

Front Events, organisers of the Financial Services Cup – the charity 6-a-side football tournament for the industry – has today (22nd June 2016) announced a host of ex-professional footballers will be ...

22 June 2016

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (22nd June 2016) announced it has established a Working Group to deliver its response to the forthcom...

22 June 2016

AToM (All Types of Mortgages Ltd) the Specialist Mortgage Packager/Distributor is holding a Specialist Lender expo on June 30th, and a Gala Dinner to celebrate their 25 years anniversary. Dale Janne...

22 June 2016

Fluent Money, the UK’s largest second charge distributor, has taken a major step to cut the incidence of identity fraud by investing in an ID scanning solution from TrustID Ltd, a leading provider of ...

21 June 2016

Mansfield Building Society has widened the availability of its Shared Ownership scheme by extending its Discounted Rate product for purchase, remortgage and staircasing to all brokers. The Society ha...

21 June 2016

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today (21st June 2016) announced its relationship with BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has so far resulted in over £0.5 billion...

21 June 2016

Foundation Home Loans has launched a new range of products with reduced rates on Prime Fixed products and new Light Adverse products for limited companies. Main features include: - Light adverse p...

21 June 2016

With just a few weeks to go to the first Bristol Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) all the exhibitor stands have been sold for the finance event on 6th July. The Expo, being held at Ashton Gate, has been ...

20 June 2016

A new ‘Brexit’ poll of over 200 finance brokers operating in the fields of bridging, development finance, asset finance and mortgages has revealed that the ‘Leave’ and ‘Remain’ campaigns are currently...

20 June 2016

TFC Homeloans has linked up with Bluestone Mortgages, enabling its brokers to access the lender’s range of first charge mortgages for borrowers who don’t meet mainstream lending criteria. Advisers w...

17 June 2016

Dudley Building Society has announced yet another year of strong results. Pre-tax profit in the year ending April 2016 reached £1,335,000, total assets rose to over £350m and reserves to £19.9m. The S...

15 June 2016

With effect from Wednesday 15 June the changes below will be made to our mortgage product range.  Family Building Society products are available to intermediaries via National Counties Building Societ...

15 June 2016

Organisers of Financial Services Expo (FSE) Cardiff, the premier exhibition for the financial services industry in Wales & the West, have today (15th June 2016) unveiled the seminar programme for the ...

15 June 2016

SortRefer, the online financial services referral portal for intermediaries, has announced that it has achieved full accreditation to the prestigious Investors in People core standard. Investors in P...

14 June 2016

Residential investment purchase on Shawbrook’s RI0.1 product. Shawbrook Commercial is pleased to announce its first completion generated via E-AIP, with its Broker Partner Marlin Commercial Limited. ...

14 June 2016

TAG Financial from Chatham in Kent, have become TenetLime’s 400th member - earning founder, Lee Holland, a surprise champagne reception from managing director, Gemma Harle. “It marks a significant po...

13 June 2016

Clever Lending, the master broker, has launched ‘Clever Sourcing’ - their new second charge sourcing system for brokers, in association with finance software specialists Twenty7Tec. The launch of Cle...

10 June 2016

United Trust Bank has won the ‘Specialist Bank of the Year’ award at the Bridging and Commercial Awards 2016. United Trust Bank triumphed against a strong shortlist comprising Shawbrook Bank, Aldermo...

10 June 2016

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) is pleased to announce a joint seminar programme with Aldermore at the Bristol Expo on 6th July taking place at Ashton Gate. As an extra bonus for brokers and IFAs, all se...

09 June 2016

51% of brokers affected by the Mortgage Credit Directive expect more second charge mortgage business to be written as a result of the changes brought in. The survey, carried out by United Trust Bank ...

08 June 2016

Shawbrook’s Commercial Mortgages division announced further enhancements to its commercial and semi-commercial product range for loans up to £10m, by reducing rates, increasing Loan-to-Value (LTV) buc...

08 June 2016

Property Butler, part of Sort Limited, has launched a new conveyancing and concierge service for estate agents. Property Butler will provide a tailored proposition to estate agents, which will be of ...

07 June 2016

Tenet chief executive, Martin Greenwood, has hit back at the FCA’s refusal to consider introducing a product-based premium as a means of funding the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. “Their app...

07 June 2016

Whilst lamenting the fact it was not addressed in the Mortgage Market Review (MMR), the Society of Mortgage Professionals are confident that the regulator’s proposal for consumers to receive ‘holistic...

06 June 2016

Tenet’s wholly owned appointed representative, Aspire Financial Management Ltd (AFML), has completed the acquisition of the client bank of Furness Financial Advisers Ltd (FFAL), the financial advice b...

06 June 2016

Shawbrook Bank is pleased to announce some updates to its criteria for Short Term Loans (STL) after a feedback campaign conducted with their panel of Broker Partners. The Bank is known for regularly ...

03 June 2016

In response to adviser concerns over the FCA’s advice suitability thematic review, adviser support group, TenetSelect, is holding a series of free assessing suitability seminars throughout June, aimed...

02 June 2016

David Barral, the former CEO of Aviva’s life insurance business, has been appointed as Chairman of Vantage Finance, one of the UK’s leading master brokers. David joins Vantage’s Board at an exciting t...

01 June 2016

Fluent Money, the UK’s largest second charge distributor, has announced the appointment of seven new members of staff since the beginning of March. Fluent Money, which announced it had secured signif...