Press releases for September 2015

30 September 2015

Case File: Client needed £70k over 6 months The local Post Office had recently closed Farm shop and 4 acre plot valued at £140k Bridging loan used for expansion and buying opening stock for the ...

30 September 2015

The Financial Editor of the Evening Standard has been confirmed as a guest speaker at this year’s Finance Professional Show. Anthony Hilton, 2014 Business Journalist of the Year, will deliver an addr...

30 September 2015

AToM (All Types of Mortgages Ltd), the Specialist Mortgage Packager/Distributor, is delighted to announce a new and exclusive relationship with Hanley Economic Building Society. Dale Jannels, Managin...

30 September 2015

Figures from Accord have shown the number of borrowers remortgaging has doubled year-on-year over the past two months. Please find below a press release which includes a quote from David Hollingwor...

29 September 2015

58% of Brokers who took part in United Trust Bank’s most recent survey have described the government’s performance during their first three months in office as ‘Good’ or ‘Excellent’.   A further 29%...

29 September 2015

Shawbrook Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Cassie Irving as ‘Regional Support Executive’. Cassie spent sixteen years in a diverse range of roles within Lloyds Bank, including the SME Co...

29 September 2015

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has announced that it will be one of the joint sponsors at the upcoming Buy to Let Event organised by Buy to Let Club, which takes place at four venues across the country b...

28 September 2015

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) is pleased to announce the launch of a new Expo in Bristol on 6th July 2016. The event will take place at a new venue in the Ashton Gate complex, part of Bristol City foot...

28 September 2015

General insurance provider, Berkeley Alexander, has announced the promotion of James Munro to Business Development Manager (BDM).   James joined BA’s new business team in 2012, dealing with broker en...

25 September 2015

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) seminars will create a forum to focus on the framework for implementing MCD regulation. There are several top line speakers at the event in the Barbican, London on 7th Oct...

25 September 2015

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today (25th September 2015) revamped its entire product range as a result of positive feedback from its intermediary partners. The new range...

24 September 2015

After recently reporting a move to new, larger offices and new staff appointments, Brendons Auctioneers continue their evolution with a new brand name: Phillip Arnold Auctions. The rebrand and the ne...

23 September 2015

Saffron For Intermediaries, the dedicated broker channel of Saffron Building Society, has launched a range of low-cost remortgage products with the following features: 2 Year Discount Rates: 1.49% ...

23 September 2015

Clever Lending, the secured loans master broker, has conducted a telephone survey that highlights the lack of awareness and readiness for the incoming regulatory changes in March 2016. Brokers survey...

23 September 2015

Marsden Building Society continues to extend its range of Buy-to-Let mortgages available to their semi-exclusive partners and in line with broker demand has raised its maximum LTV to 80%. Two new pro...

22 September 2015

Brendan O’Ciobhain APFS, Chartered Financial Planner has been named as the new Personal Finance Society president for 2015/16. The announcement was made at the society’s annual general meeting on 15 ...

22 September 2015

The update, put together by Christine Newell, Mortgage Technical Director at Paradigm, reviews a number of clarifications that have recently been made on the changes to intermediary processes which wi...

22 September 2015

The Society of Mortgage Professionals have played a major role in helping to facilitate an innovative new scheme to establish a mortgage adviser apprenticeship programme. Developed by an employer ste...

21 September 2015

As British property investors resume their love affair with Spain, it’s the Costa Blanca which is proving to be top choice, accounting for 27 per cent of Spanish mortgage enquiries received at Conti o...

21 September 2015

Family Building Society products are available to intermediaries via National Counties Building Society. Withdrawal from all new business: Owner Occupier 2.59% fixed rate to 31 November 2017 (F27...

21 September 2015

APAC Systems has launched LenderGateway, a ground-breaking piece of mortgage technology, combining mortgage sourcing with a credit search, client management and case processing tool in one pioneering ...

21 September 2015

Dudley Building Society has announced that Connect Mortgage Club is the latest packager/distributor to join its panel of introducers. Connect Mortgage Club, which was responsible for over £400 millio...

21 September 2015

Defaqto has now launched an independent case study specifically aimed at advisers who advise on retirement planning, both in the accumulation and decumulation phases. It is primarily designed to info...

18 September 2015

The Financial Editor of the Evening Standard has been confirmed as a guest speaker at this year's Finance Professional Show.   Anthony Hilton, 2014 Business Journalist of the Year, will deliver an add...

17 September 2015

Clever Lending, the master broker, are well on the way to ensuring all of their staff, systems, processes and administration will be ready for the new MCD regulation prior to the March 2016 deadline. ...

17 September 2015

Following a recent pricing reduction of 0.50% across their Large Loans proposition, Shawbrook has rolled out a series of enhancements to its popular Short Term lending range. Launched in 2013, the Sho...

17 September 2015

Industry experts from the mortgage and pensions fields have highlighted gaps in the pension advice process as a growing opportunity for the intermediary community. Hosting the seminar, ‘Pension refor...

17 September 2015

The Government-backed purveyor of independent and impartial guidance on pensions, The Pensions Advisory Service, has said it expects to receive around 150,000 pension-related enquires in 2015/16 in li...

17 September 2015

Those high-street lenders currently offering direct to consumer mortgage propositions should cease, according to Roger Morris of Precise Mortgages, who was taking part in a panel debate at today’s Fin...

17 September 2015

The current mortgage price war amongst mainstream mortgage lenders will not last forever, according to lenders taking part in a panel debate at today’s Financial Services Expo (FSE) London in Old Bill...

17 September 2015

Brokers have been urged to step up and sell more income protection policies as Mortgage Market Review ramifications are resulting in dwindling competition within the adviser community. Speaking in a ...

17 September 2015

In his key-note address at today’s Financial Services Expo (FSE) London in Old Billingsgate, Sir Clive Woodward wowed the packed seminar theatre with a presentation on how firms and individuals can de...

17 September 2015

Equity release lending levels are likely to increase considerably over the course of this decade, said Association of Mortgage Intermediaries’ (AMI) Robert Sinclair at today’s Financial Services Expo ...

16 September 2015

The intermediary community has been challenged to embrace a wider range of technological enhancements to help better understand customer behaviour and further client engagement. Speaking in a seminar...

16 September 2015

Putting an adviser’s service disclosure document in front of a client in a durable medium, and pipeline business issues around the 21st March 2016 implementation date, are major areas to be covered by...

16 September 2015

The implementation of the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) and the introduction of FCA regulation will be a “big event” for the second charge market, admitted Technical Mortgage Specialist at the FCA, ...

16 September 2015

Specialist distributor TFC Homeloans has linked up with Prestige Finance, enabling its broker partners to access the lender’s second charge residential and buy-to-let products. Managing director of T...

16 September 2015

Increases to Bank Base Rate and swap rates are likely to have a significant impact across all areas of the housing market, according to Nationwide’s Senior Economist, Stefano Silvestrin. Speaking at ...

16 September 2015

Home movers are the borrower group which have been hit hardest over the past few years by the changing nature of the UK mortgage market, said Nationwide’s Senior Economist, Stefano Silvestrin. Lookin...

16 September 2015

A leading property expert has urged landlords to visit mortgage brokers twice a year to ensure they are maximising their buy-to-let investment potential. Speaking in a seminar entitled, ‘What is the ...

16 September 2015

The changes announced by Chancellor George Osborne curbing tax relief on interest-only buy-to-let mortgages for landlords are unlikely to have a major impact on activity in the sector, according to Na...

16 September 2015

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today (16th September 2015) announced the next stage in its provision of clear and informative support on Mortgage Credit Directive (...

16 September 2015

Shawbrook Bank’s Commercial Mortgages division has appointed George Young as the latest addition to its marketing team. George joins the team in the newly created role of Communications Executive. In...

16 September 2015

As part of the work & pensions committee ‘pension freedom guidance and advice inquiry’, the Personal Finance Society submitted evidence asserting that the public deserve improved access to regulated a...

16 September 2015

Fluent Money, the UK’s largest second charge provider, has seen a major increase in intermediary enquiries since it deployed an inhouse as well as an external sales team. Fluent now has four Business...

15 September 2015

Leading GI provider Uinsure has launched a series of enhancements to its Defaqto Compare Tool in order to help brokers meet FCA compliance requirements.   With immediate effect the provider’s free De...

14 September 2015

The first series of dedicated paraplanning events organised by the Personal Finance Society is sold out, with a waiting list of more than 40 delegates for the last of the three, in London later this m...

14 September 2015

The Equity Release Club, the distributor and ‘one stop shop’ for equity release advisers, has today (14th September 2015) announced a link-up with Marsden Building Society supporting new mortgage prod...

14 September 2015

Front Events, the events company headed by James Prosser and responsible for the Financial Services Expo (FSE) shows, has today (14th September 2015) announced the launch of a brand new event, FSE Car...

14 September 2015

Sonny Gosai, Sales & Operations Manager at Clever Lending, discusses how commercial property and the lending to support its purchase and development has made a real comeback in the market After a tou...

11 September 2015

TFC Homeloans has added Harpenden Building Society to its lender panel, enabling its brokers to get access to the mutual’s wide range of specialist lending solutions. Advisers will be able to benefit...

11 September 2015

The Society of Mortgage Professionals have announced their latest series of regional roadshows. Beginning in Northern Ireland on 22 September, the five half-day mortgage & protection events will prov...

10 September 2015

Roma Finance, the Manchester-based bridging and development finance lender, has announced another new Lending Manager appointment, Lorraine Hart, as the company looks to continue its success in the br...

10 September 2015

Shawbrook Bank’s Commercial Mortgages division has made the decision to reduce pricing across their Large Loan product offering by the significant margin of 0.50%. In addition, the lender has retired ...

10 September 2015

  -    Landlines becoming increasingly redundant in the lead generation market as 89% of consumers now request contact via mobile phone -    Life Insurance leads are driving the shift to mobile acti...

09 September 2015

MBE London offers added value for brokers and IFAs – free qualification registration and a BMW i8 for the weekend Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) at the Barbican, London on 7th October will offer the ch...

09 September 2015

9 September 2015: General insurance provider, Select & Protect, is pleased to announce the appointment of Themba Wirz as the new branch manager. A Swiss national, Themba has lived in the UK for the p...

08 September 2015

Shawbrook Bank’s Commercial Mortgages division has appointed Sarah Linley and Adrian Boxall to its lending team. Sarah has been appointed as Lending Officer, whilst Adrian joins the team as a Lending ...

08 September 2015

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today (8th September 2015) launched a new standard buy-to-let product with a limited tranche of funding available for it. The new product is...

04 September 2015

United Trust Bank is looking to the North of the country as it aims to continue building its successful property finance business. The award winning teams providing Development and Bridging finance a...

03 September 2015

Front Events, organisers of the Financial Services Expo (FSE) London show for financial advisers, has today (2nd September 2015) announced its full seminar line-up for the exhibition covering three th...

02 September 2015

TFC Homeloans has teamed up with national brokerage Mortgageforce to enable its membersto access specialist funding solutions, including bridging, buy-to-let,first and second charge and commercial mor...

02 September 2015

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today (2nd September 2015) unveiled a product with lower completion fees for loans up to £150k.   The two-year, fixed-rate product is avail...

01 September 2015

Darlington-based mortgage, protection and wealth advisers, i2i Financial Planning Group has today (1st September 2015) become the latest major appointed representative (AR) firm to join mortgage and i...