Press releases for September 2016

30 September 2016

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today (30th September 2016) announced the launch of two new exclusive interest-only, fixed-rate products from Leeds Building Society....

30 September 2016

Foundation Home Loans’ Commercial Director, Simon Bayley, responding to concerns about extra taxation of landlords who used a Ltd Company vehicle for their BTL portfolios made by a speaker at the ASTL...

29 September 2016

Nearly 25% of commercial finance brokers working in the Asset Finance sector expect that, over the next 12 months, it will become more difficult for SMEs to secure funding for growth. The results of ...

29 September 2016

Shawbrook Bank’s Commercial Mortgages division has released its monthly Performance Bulletin, shining a light on its service to brokers’ clients across their Underwriting, Legal and Valuation teams. ...

29 September 2016

The master broker Clever Lending, has appointed Mansfield Building Society to its first charge lender panel. This new lender appointment launches the Society’s Complex Prime mortgage products, with ...

28 September 2016

Mansfield Building Society have launched a 3 year fixed rate mortgage up to 95% loan to value to support both first and second time home buyers. The product compliments the existing range of high loa...

28 September 2016

Leading GI firm Uinsure has been named GI Provider of the Year by Lifetime Group. It is the second year running that the firm has received the accolade. Headed by Paul Merrigan, Lifetime Group is on...

28 September 2016

Dudley Building Society has announced a further reduction to fixed rate residential mortgages for purchase and remortgage by as much as 0.45% on certain products. Recent reductions in swap rates have...

27 September 2016

First 4 Bridging, the bridging loan master broker and packager, has today (27th September 2016) revealed it has seen a 30-40% increase in broker enquiries on bridging and development finance cases sin...

27 September 2016

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today (27th September 2016) expanded its lender panel further with the addition of intermediary lending brand, New Street Mortgages. ...

27 September 2016

In the wake of significant changes to buy-to-let (BTL), in 2016, the Society of Mortgage Professionals has unveiled plans to deliver a CPD event programme dedicated to the sector. The campaign will b...

26 September 2016

UK, September 26, 2016: Advisers can now gain instant access to multi-benefit protection quotes following a unique integration between iPipeline’s SolutionBuilder® and Mortgage Brain’s CRM system, the...

26 September 2016

TRMC (The Right Mortgage Club) has selected leading GI provider Uinsure as one of its preferred partners for general insurance. This replicates the proposition which is in place for Right Mortgage & P...

23 September 2016

23rd September 2016: General insurance provider, Berkeley Alexander, has today announced the launch of a new buy to let landlord product on its panel that also offers cover for unoccupied properties. ...

23 September 2016

Specialist distributor TFC Homeloans has hired Paul Ormonde as key account manager for the south of England. He will work with TFC’s partners across the region to drive business, support growth and s...

22 September 2016

Dudley Building Society has launched new expat mortgages for purchase, remortgage and BTL with whole of term discount rates. The new mortgages are available for both employed and self employed borrow...

22 September 2016

I am very pleased to announce that we the Julian Harris Adviser Network have today launched a new regulatory status in our Network, that of Introducer Appointed Representative. If this is not of inter...

21 September 2016

AToM (All Types of Mortgages Ltd), the Specialist Mortgage Packager/Distributor, is delighted to announce a new packager exclusive product with Foundation Home Loans (FHL). Dale Jannels, Managing Di...

21 September 2016

Marsden Building Society and Mortgage Intelligence have partnered up to provide Appointed Representatives with their range of Lending Solutions. Marsden's Lending Solution pools together a range of mo...

21 September 2016

UK, September 21, 2016: The number of mortgage products available to UK mortgage advisers has increased by 86% over the past two years, according to new research from Mortgage Brain. A total of 7,481...

20 September 2016

United Trust Bank has appointed two Business Development Managers (BDMs) as it continues to grow its Asset Finance business. The two new BDM’s, Klara Hanrahan and Kevin Bristow, will be responsible f...

20 September 2016

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today (20th September 2016) announced the appointment of a new Business Development Manager (BDM) covering the South West. Graham Le Bas joi...

19 September 2016

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today (19th September 2016) added intermediary lending brand, Keystone Property Finance, to its lender panel. Paradigm member firms ...

19 September 2016

United Trust Bank has made two appointments in its growing Specialised Mortgages division. Robert Owen, currently responsible for the Bank’s successful Specialised Mortgages division, has been promot...

19 September 2016

Just 8 business days between issuing the formal offer and completing… Completed on Shawbrook Commercial’s RI0 product for simple residential investment, this case featured an expat client residing i...

19 September 2016

Dudley Building Society has announced that master broker Clever Lending is the latest distributor to join its panel of introducers. Launched in 2014, Clever Lending, provides an experienced and trust...

15 September 2016

UK, September 15, 2016: The dates, venues and registration details have been announced for the 2016 series of Mortgage Vision events. Over 400 advisers have already pre-registered for the eight event...

15 September 2016

Specialist distributor TFC Homeloans is offering brokers up to £1m in free legals* for remortgage clients over a six-month period. The offer is open to brokers signing up to TFC’s new special members...

14 September 2016

ITV Political Editor, Robert Peston, believes Theresa May’s new Government would like to do “something big” on housing within November’s Autumn Statement. Delivering his key-note speech at today’s FS...

14 September 2016

According to advisers at today’s FSE London exhibition, the decision to leave the EU could bring short-term pain for the UK economy and British business, but ultimately result in a long-term gain. Ad...

14 September 2016

Almost two-thirds of attendees in a seminar focusing on equity release at this year’s Financial Service Expo (FSE) London agreed that advisers should not have easier access to any product area. The f...

14 September 2016

Following the success of The Right Mortgage Company’s Directly Authorised support network, they have appointed Source Insurance as a preferred general insurance provider. The same stance as The Right ...

14 September 2016

The changes impacting buy-to-landlords, including an increase in stamp duty for additional homes and the changes to mortgage interest tax relief next year, will mean a move towards more professional a...

14 September 2016

Business owners have been urged to consider fresh approaches to growing their business by engaging with, and nurturing, new talent. Speaking at today’s Financial Service Expo (FSE) London exhibition,...

14 September 2016

The FCA will formally launch its Mortgage Market Study towards the end of 2016 which will focus specifically on the competition issues faced by consumers in today’s marketplace. Speaking at today’s F...

14 September 2016

The Conveyancing Charity Foundation, which has been established to assist conveyancing lawyers in generating funds for their chosen charities, has today outlined its latest charity target - to raise o...

14 September 2016

The UK’s housing and mortgage markets are unlikely to feel the full impact of ‘Brexit’ for a number of years, according to a panel of experts speaking at today’s Financial Services Expo (FSE) London e...

13 September 2016

A recent survey carried out by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has found that 69% of SME builders are yet to see any significant changes to their businesses as a result of the EU referendum. ...

13 September 2016

Foundation Home Loans (FHL), the Bracknell based BTL lender, has cut rates across the range and has further simplified its criteria by moving to a fixed percentage of the loan amount as an administrat...

13 September 2016

Award winning and leading GI provider Uinsure has been selected by Personal Touch Financial Services Ltd as a new GI provider for its advisers. The Uinsure 5 Star Defaqto & Moneyfacts rated home insur...

12 September 2016

Tenet confirmed to its network members this week that it has frozen its net professional indemnity insurance (PII) rates for the third consecutive year, for the period from 1st October 2016 to 30th Se...

12 September 2016

For a gross loan of £971k at 75% LTV on Shawbrook’s LRI3 product…   This case study features a borrower who wanted to purchase two adjoining three storey terraced houses in Croydon. The strategy was t...

12 September 2016

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today announced the agenda for its ‘Modernising Conveyancing’ Conference, which will take place on Thursday...

12 September 2016

Connect for Intermediaries the specialist buy-to-let and commercial mortgage network and distributor, has today successfully expanded into second floor premises at it’s headquarters in Hornchurch, Ess...

09 September 2016

The Society of Mortgage Professionals have confirmed the schedule for their second series of 2016 roadshows, beginning at Haydock Racecourse on Tuesday 4 October. This will be followed by four others...

08 September 2016

UK, September 8, 2016: Potential landlords are set to benefit further from the continuing reductions of mortgage rates with new data showing that the costs of Buy To Let mortgages have fallen by as mu...

08 September 2016

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today announced that two firms, Blacks Solicitors and Shakespeare Martineau, have become the first CA membe...

08 September 2016

Specialist distributor TFC Homeloans has recruited Charlotte Rutter as head of marketing. Charlotte will manage all marketing activities, driving the TFC brand and working closely with the firm’s sen...

07 September 2016

With effect from Wednesday 7th September 2016 the changes below will be made to our mortgage product range. Family Building Society products are available to intermediaries via National Counties Buil...

07 September 2016

In 2015 Source launched a revolutionary broker loyalty program called Source Rewards, in return for writing and renewing household and landlord insurance as well as ASU with Source the broker earned p...

07 September 2016

Clever Lending, has joined the Bluestone Mortgages panel as a distributor of their first charge mortgage products. The partnership is for Clever Lending to handle first charge enquiries, packaging an...

06 September 2016

Complete FS, the South Coast specialist distributor, has announced the addition of United Trust Bank (UTB) to its second charge lending panel. Complete FS, which has led the market with its unique fe...

06 September 2016

Broker Conveyancing, the broker-focused conveyancing distributor, has today (6th September 2016) revealed a strong summer upturn in instruction levels during August and over the last three months. Sa...

06 September 2016

Roma Finance, the Manchester-based bridging finance and development lender, has announced significantly lower rates across all their products and loans secured on residential and semi-commercial prope...

05 September 2016

Quick completion for new-to-Bank client Shawbrook Bank’s Commercial Mortgages team is pleased to announce a recent completion on its RI0.2 product for Simple Residential Investment, at 76% LTV for £...

05 September 2016

Foundation Home Loans, the BTL lender, continues to build its sales team with the appointment of Joanna Elton as Regional Account Manager for the North of England. Joanna will be responsible for key ...

05 September 2016

United Trust Bank has appointed Richard Murley as its new Chairman. His appointment follows the recent retirement of previous Chairman, Nicholas Clegg CBE, who fulfilled the role for the last 15 years...

01 September 2016

It is now a full year since pension freedoms were introduced and with it an array of options. Today, Defaqto launches its CPD accredited Professionals' guide to drawdown, an independent review giving ...

01 September 2016

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today confirmed it will continue unabated with its campaign to reform and amend the Leasehold transaction p...

01 September 2016

Connect for Intermediaries, the specialist buy-to-let and commercial mortgage network and distributor, has teamed up with DotBroker to provide an unsecured loan service for its members. DotBroker, pa...

01 September 2016

Ingard, the Network and Specialist Distributor has added National Counties and the Family Building Society to its panel of lenders. These specialist lenders will now accept direct and packaged busines...

01 September 2016

Fluent for Advisers, the second charge specialist distributor, believes that all the available evidence post MCD suggests that regulation has been a positive game changer for the second charge sector....

01 September 2016

Dudley Building Society has released the latest set of enhancements to its acclaimed BTL range, with new products, comprehensive rate reductions and improvements to criteria. The Society, which anno...