Press releases for January 2015

29 January 2015

Fleet Mortgages, the new buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today (29th January 2015) revealed it has completed on its first loan. The lender believes it represents a hugely significant achievement...

27 January 2015

Uinsure has been named as the preferred GI provider for Lighthouse Mortgage & Protection Solutions advisers. The arrangement means LMPS advisers will be able to source insurance products from Uinsure...

26 January 2015

Defaqto, an independent researcher of financial products, has teamed up with the Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) to provide advisers with an even greater range of practical resources to support ...

26 January 2015

Brightstar, the specialist lending hub, has appointed Chris Bennett as its first Business Development Manager to take the Brightstar message to the intermediary market.   Chris started in the Financ...

26 January 2015

The Later Life Academy (LLA), the commercial and training organisation for later life advisers, has today (26th January 2015) announced a new relationship with Legacy Wills & Estate Planning, the will...

23 January 2015

The majority of financial advisers are optimistic about the outlook for the UK economy in 2015, according to new research from the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA). The figures, c...

23 January 2015

NatWest has become the latest high profile lender to join MCI Mortgage Club’s growing panel. The lender, which offers residential mortgages, government scheme mortgages and buy-to-let at competitive ...

23 January 2015

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today (23rd January 2015) announced the yearly winners of its Lender and Provider Awards.   The awards are voted for by Paradigm’s ...

22 January 2015

The Derby based brokerage has signed an exclusive 3 year deal with The Source to provide a market leading range of general insurance products to its national network of brokers. The deal will see the ...

22 January 2015

Defaqto, an independent researcher of financial products, has appointed former financial adviser and ex-head of the IFA Centre Gill Cardy as Insight Consultant (Wealth). In her new role Gill will deve...

21 January 2015

Three out of five (60%) brokers expect to see the Bank of England raise interest rates in the second half of 2015.   The survey, carried out by United Trust Bank with brokers working in the bridging...

21 January 2015

The arrangement gives Julian Harris members access to Uinsure's 5 Star Defaqto rated home insurance and free Defaqto compare tool. Additionally members will be able to access Buy-to-let, ASU/MPPI and...

20 January 2015

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Paul O’Hara as a Lending Manager in its commercial mortgage and loan underwriting division. In his new role Paul will offer further support to broker partners across the r...

20 January 2015

Chris Prior, Manager, Sales & Distribution at Bridgewater Equity Release, said:   “These latest annual lending figures from the Equity Release Council show clearly how the sector progressed througho...

19 January 2015

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has today commented on the FCA’s Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) levy consultation for 2015/16.   Chris Hannant, Director Gene...

19 January 2015

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has called on the Financial Services Compensation Service (FSCS) to make positive steps towards reaching a broad settlement with the remaining...

19 January 2015

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today (19th January 2015) announced its timetable of events which are open to all directly authorised advisers as well as Paradigm me...

16 January 2015

Connect’s comprehensive panel of buy to let lenders will now include Fleet Mortgages. Members of the specialist buy to let network can now access Fleet Mortgages’ diverse range of competitive mortg...

15 January 2015

So we haven’t had a major weather event for a few years now as well as some mild winters and consequently most household insurers have benefitted from lower claims levels and this has fed into lower p...

14 January 2015

Front Events has announced that registration has opened for its first show of the year, which will be held in Glasgow on 4th March 2015 and boasts an unmissable seminar programme featuring the AMI, a ...

13 January 2015

New research, carried out by United Trust Bank, has revealed that developers are still turning to brokers for help having been turned down for funding by their usual lenders. The survey found that ne...

13 January 2015

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) is today announcing details of its 2015 regional seminar series. The seminars provide an opportunity for advisers across the country to discus...

12 January 2015

Fleet Mortgages, the new buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today revealed it has issued its first mortgage offer within 10 working days of receiving the full mortgage application. The first appli...

12 January 2015

Home reversion provider, Bridgewater Equity Release, has today (12th January 2015) announced it will be supporting advisers at the forthcoming Equity Release Club training and development road shows t...

08 January 2015

After their last auction of 2014 held on 17th December, London property auction house Brendons Auctioneers, have reported impressive growth for 2014 when compared to 2013. With lots offered, lots sol...

08 January 2015

Roma Finance had another successful year in 2014, and with recent reports stating that bridging is back to its pre-credit crunch peak, all bodes well for another successful year. However, there are a ...

07 January 2015

Alpha Bridging has announced plans to build a national sales team after recruiting experienced BDM, Stuart Pedersen, to work alongside Head of Business Development, Narinder Khattoare.   Stuart has ...

07 January 2015

The Equity Release Club, the distributor and ‘one stop shop’ for equity release advisers, has today (7th January 2015) announced it is to host a series of training and development road shows to help a...

06 January 2015

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has today commented on the Financial Ombudsman Service’s (FOS) budget consultation for 2015/16.   Chris Hannant, Director General at APFA, s...

06 January 2015

Source Insurance this week launched a new product aimed specifically at new build properties. The new product underwritten by UKG/Ageas is based on The Source’ very popular Sentinel household product ...

06 January 2015

Leading travel insurance provider AllClear reveals the United States is the most expensive place to fall ill   AllClear’s new data reveals the high cost of medical care in Brits’ favourite travel d...

06 January 2015

New research from the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) finds that just under half (46%) of financial advisers use social media in a professional capacity, while only one in five (...

05 January 2015

New buy-to-let and specialist lender, Fleet Mortgages, has today (5th January 2015) opened its doors for new lending and is now actively accepting business through its distributor partners and their a...

05 January 2015

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the UK’s premier directly authorised mortgage distribution business set up by Paul Hogarth and Bob Hunt, has today (5th January 2015) announced a new joint venture (JV) par...

02 January 2015

Broker Conveyancing, the broker-focused conveyancing distributor, has today (2nd January 2015) announced details of its January tablet giveaway.   From today, every broker using Broker Conveyancing ...