Press releases for February 2019

22 February 2019

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only, specialist lender has today (21st February 2019) announced the launch of its new ‘Fix to Flex’ five-year, buy-to-let deal aimed at those landlords who wan...

22 February 2019

ELITE is LSEG’s international business support and capital raising ecosystem for ambitious and high growth companies.  Over 150 UK companies make up the 1000 strong international ELITE community of co...

21 February 2019

In 2020 - 11.98m people will have reached state retirement age and currently 75% of the UK’s housing wealth is held by people aged over 50… We understand that more business is coming from older borro...

20 February 2019

With effect from Wednesday 20 February we will make several changes to our mortgage product range. Withdrawal from all new business: Owner Occupier 2.69% 2 year fixed rate to 31 May 2021 with a ...

20 February 2019

Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a no fee two-year fixed rate buy-to-let product at 60% LTV with a headline rate of 1.84%. The product is available for purchase or on a remortgage basis....

20 February 2019

Essex based mortgage broker, CLS Money, has announced the launch of a new service, Talk Mortgages, which fuses the best of traditional human mortgage expertise with modern technology to create the ult...

19 February 2019

Marsden Building Society launches new initiative for a short-term lending solution which offers an alternative to a bridging loan. Designed to support intermediaries who have clients between propertie...

19 February 2019

Ex-partner at John Charcol joins innovative retention solution providers Eligible, a technology firm automating customer retention for the mortgage industry, have appointed ex-Partner at John Charcol...

18 February 2019

Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition, has today (18th February 2019) launched a new relationship with protection specialist, MetLife. From today, a selected number of Para...

18 February 2019

Lankey brings his 30 years’ experience to bear in support of Shawbrook’s Commercial Investment offering… Shawbrook is delighted to announce the appointment of Rob Lankey to the position of “Director...

18 February 2019

Fluent Money, working with second charge lender Optimum Credit, is the first broker distributor to have a decision in principle (DIP) result with some of the lender’s lowest ever rates at 2.9%. Two o...

18 February 2019

Equifinance, the London based second charge lender, has appointed Laura Thomas as Regional Sales Manager (North). Laura’s arrival follows several other key appointments in the last few years which, to...

18 February 2019

Stonebridge Group, the mortgage and insurance network, has today (15th February 2019) announced the appointment of a new Head of Recruitment. Hayley Stansfield takes up the new position with immediat...

18 February 2019

Impact Specialist Finance, the specialist mortgage broker and distributor, has appointed ex-senior HSBC Corporate Relationship Director Clive Smith as a Senior Commercial Consultant to further extend ...

15 February 2019

The Later Life Academy (LLA), the commercial and training organisation for later life advisers, has today (15th February 2019) announced it is to host a series of events called ‘Training in Care’ with...

15 February 2019

A CHARITY dedicated to helping blind and partially-sighted people lead more independent lives has received a special cash boost from Leek United staff. Guide Dogs for the Blind will use the £500 dona...

14 February 2019

Connect for Intermediaries is enhancing its second charge proposition by adding Lenderlink and Fluent for Advisers to its lending panel. Connect already has its own small panel of 2nd charge lenders;...

14 February 2019

Mansfield Building Society has cut rates across its Versatility discounted mortgage product range by 16 basis points, with pricing now starting at 3.49% up to 4.49% variable. Versatility is The Mansf...

14 February 2019

Mark Pilling, Managing Director of Spicerhaart Corporate Sales, which deals with arrears and repossessions on behalf of lenders, says “The latest mortgage and landlord possession statistics show that ...

14 February 2019

Deepbridge, the Chester-based tax-efficient investment manager, has today (14th February 2019) announced a further increase in its yearly funding to an increased range of companies based in the North ...

14 February 2019

UK, FEBRUARY 14, 2019: With Valentine’s Day today, mortgage technology expert, Mortgage Brain, is continuing to recognise the loyalty of its customers as part of a month long ‘Love Your Customer’ camp...

13 February 2019

If you are an experienced landlord or looking to invest in buy to let for the first time, employment status is a factor scrutinised in some depth by many lenders. Andrew Turner, chief executive at spe...

13 February 2019

Uinsure, the multi-award-winning General Insurance (GI) Technology provider, has made a number of ground-breaking improvements to their system and products which have launched today. Included amongst...

13 February 2019

Tenet Group has signed an initial five year contract with Intelliflo for the provision of Intelligent Office to its network of over 1,300 investment and mortgage advisers. The web-based business man...

13 February 2019

UK, FEBRUARY 13, 2018: Mortgage technology expert, Mortgage Brain, welcomed over 2,000 new customers during 2018 with a host of national networks, corporate firms and individual adviser firms choosing...

12 February 2019

Today, Marsden launches a new Intermediary Online platform for mortgage applications supporting their core markets; Residential, Older Borrowers, Retirement Interest Only (RIO) and their Expat Buy to ...

12 February 2019

Following on from their successful January roadshows about the role of Technology & Marketing in building and growing advisers’ businesses, HLPartnership (HLP) and Mortgage Support Network (MSN) are h...

12 February 2019

Mansfield Building Society has launched a new buy-to-let mortgage product with no completion fee, exclusively for expat borrowers. The two-year discounted rate product is offered to 70% LTV at a curr...

12 February 2019

JEANETTE Mountford has climbed her own personal mountain after a serious stroke left her life hanging in the balance… The Leek United Customer Assistant has spent the last three years fighting to reg...

12 February 2019

Cheltenham, UK and Zurich, Switzerland (12 February 2019) iPipeline® – a leading provider of digital solutions and services to the life and pensions market – today announce their partnership with dac...

11 February 2019

From March 20th, 2019, properties in the private rental sector will need to meet new standards under the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. Andrew Turner, chief executive at specialist buy...

11 February 2019

Fluent Money Group, the specialist lending distributor, has revealed that its expansion has coincided with a significant increase in personnel, with over 250 employees based at its Horwich Head Office...

11 February 2019

The specialist lender agrees “loan exposure ceiling” … Shawbrook has issued a communication to its panel of broker partners, clarifying its appetite to lend to repeat borrows by implementing a “loan...

11 February 2019

Mansfield Building Society has launched a new Holiday Buy-to-Let product specifically for borrowers seeking to purchase or remortgage a holiday let property. The three-year discounted product is offe...

08 February 2019

AiR Sourcing, the sourcing system for equity release and retirement lending products today (8th February 2019) announced it has fully integrated lifetime mortgage provider, more 2 life, into its indep...

08 February 2019

From March 20th, 2019, properties in the private rental sector will need to meet new standards under the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. Andrew Turner, chief executive at specialist buy...

07 February 2019

The experienced London-based brokerage is the latest Strategic Partner to join Shawbrook’s Pride… Robert Collins, Co-Founder of Sirius Property Finance comments on being the newest addition to the P...

07 February 2019

Spicerhaart Part Exchange and Assisted Move is looking to move offices and take on more staff following a year of rapid growth. Acting for builders and developers across the UK, Spicerhaart Part Exch...

07 February 2019

Tenet Group has confirmed the appointment of Mark Scanlon, subject to FCA approval, as successor to current chief executive, Martin Greenwood, who will retire later in the spring. Mark has a proven ...

07 February 2019

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only, specialist lender has today (7th February 2019) announced the promotion of Grant Hendry to the role of Head of National Accounts. Grant has been with Fou...

07 February 2019

57% of brokers responding to United Trust Bank’s most recent Broker Sentiment poll don’t believe Theresa May can agree a Brexit deal acceptable to parliament by March 29th. Just 31% felt that a deal ...

07 February 2019

Property-backed peer to peer platform Kuflink has launched a secondary market, giving their investors the opportunity to buy and sell loan parts. The first of several new enhancements planned for 201...

07 February 2019

A CHARITY providing potentially life-saving heart-screening for young people has received a special cash boost from Leek United staff. The Society’s Mortgage Operations team has made a donation of £5...

06 February 2019

Leek United has launched a new suite of mortgages including fixed rates with interest only, cashback and no fees options as well as buy to let discounts and mortgages with no ERCs. Their new interest...

05 February 2019

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network is celebrating their 4th Birthday. The Right Mortgage & Protection Network was set up by Martin and Amanda Wilson and Adam and Tania Stretton back in 2015. In ...

05 February 2019

Two new area directors have joined Just Mortgages’ self-employed division as part of the company’s wider growth plans. Jon Taylor joined yesterday (Feb 4) as area director for the South East while Ja...

05 February 2019

Having concluded a successful series of Technology and Marketing seminars in January, HLPartnership and Mortgage Support Network, which adopted the 360 Dotnet CRM system in 2015, have announced that 3...

05 February 2019

BEP Systems, the mortgage origination software house, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sandeep Challa to the role of Operations Director. The appointment comes at a time when BEP Systems hav...

04 February 2019

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network are delighted to announce that their members now have free access to the new online mortgage sourcing service, SmartrCriteria. SmartrCriteria, developed by Leg...

04 February 2019

Source Insurance has been appointed to the GI Panel of The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) and will now be accessible to all TMA members. The Source is an online comparative quotation system that enables int...

04 February 2019

One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, has achieved half a billion pounds worth of lending for cases completed via OMS. OMS was of...

04 February 2019

Following the launch of its market leading Cash Lifetime ISA (LISA) in October, Newcastle Building Society is now accepting transfers in to its cash LISA. From today the Society will accept the trans...

04 February 2019

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (4th February 2019) revealed a revised fourth version of its Cyberfraud and Fraud Protocol which seek...

04 February 2019

Today, the Marsden has added new products across it’s expat, older borrower, RIO and residential ranges which sees a combination of changes to term end dates, introduction of new products which includ...

01 February 2019

Business group calls for action to unlock £8.6bn needed to meet capital’s homebuilding target The proportion of Londoners open to new homes being built in their local area has fallen in the last year...

01 February 2019

Leading financial website ThisisMoney.co.uk has chosen Cavendish Online to provide a white label life and protection service to its millions of users. The service, which launched on the 29th of Januar...

01 February 2019

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network are delighted to announce that their members now have free access to the new online mortgage sourcing service, SmartrCriteria. SmartrCriteria, developed by Leg...