Press releases for March 2024
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28 March 2024
Karl Wilkinson, CEO at Access Financial Services said: “While these figures are an improvement on last month’s, reflecting the rickety uplift in the market towards the end of last year, they are still...
28 March 2024
Katie Pender, managing director of Target, Katie Pender, managing director of Target, said: “Today’s month-on-month figures are certainly hopeful, and the market looks healthier than it did at the beg...
28 March 2024
Maria Harris, chair of the Open Property Data Association, says: “February’s rise in residential transactions is an encouraging sign of recovery. It’s a busy time for the home-moving market, with rate...
28 March 2024
Commenting on today’s property transaction figures from HMRC, Simon Webb, managing director of capital markets and finance at LiveMore, said: “While there is a general feeling that the housing market ...
28 March 2024
Commenting on today’s property transaction figures from HMRC, Simon Webb, managing director of capital markets and finance at LiveMore, said: “While there is a general feeling that the housing market ...
28 March 2024
Adam Oldfield, chief revenue officer at Phoebus, said: “These numbers are a great improvement from January’s figures, where we saw a 10% decrease in non-seasonally adjusted property transactions compa...
28 March 2024
Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors, including the Conveyancing Association, have today (28th March 2024) launched the fift...
28 March 2024
The Right DA Club has today (27th March 2024) announced the addition of Ceta to its General Insurance (GI) panel. With immediate effect, Right DA Club members are now able to access Ceta’s range of s...
28 March 2024
Specialist buy-to-let lender CHL Mortgages has reduced rates by up to 0.37%. The Standard Buy-to-Let 2-year fixed rates now start from 3.00%, with 5-year fixed rates starting from 4.35%. HMO/MUFB 2-...
28 March 2024
The UK’s leading whole of market equity release experts, Equity Release Group (ERG), have today announced the launch of a new service specifically designed for lenders. Powered by fintech company Eq...
28 March 2024
MorganAsh, a support services provider to financial services and the utilities sector, has published a 10-point checklist to help firms in meeting the vulnerability requirements of Consumer Duty. It f...
28 March 2024
Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) North is celebrating another successful event, held this year on March 19th at Manchester Central. Attendees on the day enjoyed a full line-up of speakers and panellists...
27 March 2024
Buy-to-let lender Landbay has launched new five-year fixed rate products at 80% loan-to-value (LTV) for both standard properties and small houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), alongside a raft of fur...
27 March 2024
Just Mortgages, one of the UK’s largest mortgage brokerages, has launched its new Adviser Council to serve as the voice of brokers in future plans for the self-employed division. The inaugural counci...
27 March 2024
LiveMore, the mortgage lender for people aged 50 to 90 plus, has today reduced rates across all of their products. They have reduced by 0.25% all retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgages, apart from ...
27 March 2024
CLSQ has launched a Lack of Mortgagee Protection Clause policy to smooth the conveyancing process on leasehold properties where there is no mortgagee protection clause included in the lease, or where ...
27 March 2024
Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) is to hold a second Development Finance Masterclass, following the resounding success of the inaugural event last year. The next masterclass will take place on Wednesday 8t...
27 March 2024
One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, has enhanced its application programming interface (API) integration with Tandem Bank, exten...
26 March 2024
Digital commercial and residential lender Atom bank has announced all three of its telephone business development managers (TBDMs) have successfully gained their National Association of Commercial Fin...
26 March 2024
Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), the independent mortgage and protection network, has today (26th March 2024) announced the appointment of Nurture Financial Solutions as an Appointed Representativ...
26 March 2024
Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, has announced the launch of its new trainee surveyor programme and extended its recruitment d...
26 March 2024
Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today (26th March 2024) announced the launch of a new suite of products specifically for landlords buying or refinancing Multiple Pr...
26 March 2024
Pantera Property has become the latest organisation to join the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) as an Associate Member. Pantera Property is a strategic and niche family-run firm of chartere...
25 March 2024
United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has announced significant rate reductions as part of a refresh of its entire first and second charge residential mortgage range. In addition to a ...
25 March 2024
UK, Monday 25 March 2024: Mortgage Brain, the market-leading provider of mortgage technology, today announces a strategic partnership with SPF Private Clients (SPF), one of the UK’s leading whole-of-m...
25 March 2024
The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has launched its third annual survey as it seeks a detailed view of the key issues affecting financial workers’ emotional and psychological wellbein...
22 March 2024
Manchester Urban Diggers (MUD), the non-profit social enterprise dedicated to improving local food systems, has launched a new outdoor kitchen at Platt Fields Market Garden. The new facility was comp...
22 March 2024
Newcastle for Intermediaries has reduced the two and five-year fixed rate products in its large loan proposition by up to 0.15%. The two-year product is available at 5.15% [6.8% APRC] for up to 65% ...
22 March 2024
SmartSearch, a leading UK provider of digital compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) software, has today announced it has signed an agreement to receive a significant equity investment from Triple...
22 March 2024
CLSQ has launched an Estate Rent Charge policy to smooth the conveyancing process for properties on developments where there is an estate rentcharge created after the Rentcharges Act 1977. The policy...
22 March 2024
The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has released a new version of its property data standards framework to help letting agents comply with new guidance. Hot on the heels of its framework launch ...
21 March 2024
Simon Webb, managing director of capital markets and finance at LiveMore, commented: “The Bank of England’s decision to hold the base rate at 5.25% is no surprise. Central banks seem to follow market ...
21 March 2024
"Even with the announcement of yesterday's fall in inflation, a Base Rate cut always felt like a bridge too far for the MPC at this month's meeting; although, with the OBR forecasting inflation will h...
21 March 2024
Following today’s Bank of England MPC bank rate announcement, please find below a comment from Mark Tosetti, Group Partnerships Director at Movera: Mark Tosetti, Group Partnerships Director at Movera...
21 March 2024
Please find below, a contextual comment on the Bank of England base rate decision from Adam Oldfield at Phoebus Software, the mortgage servicing provider for financial institutions. Adam Oldfield, ch...
21 March 2024
Following the decision by the Bank of England to hold the base rate once again at 5.25%, we have a comment from national brokerage Just Mortgages. Just Mortgages is one of the largest mortgage broker...
21 March 2024
Following the decision by the Bank of England to hold the base rate for a fifth consecutive time at 5.25%, we have a comment from MorganAsh. MorganAsh provides the award-winning MorganAsh Resilience ...
21 March 2024
Here is a view from Karl Wilkinson of Access Financial Services, a UK mortgage and protection broker. Karl Wilkinson, CEO at Access Financial Services, commented: “Although the 5.25% BoE base rate ha...
21 March 2024
Following today’s Bank of England MPC bank rate announcement, please find below a comment from Katie Pender, managing director of Target. Katie Pender, managing director of Target, said: “No surprise...
21 March 2024
Paradigm, the mortgage, protection and compliance services proposition, has today (21st March 2024) announced the launch of a new podcast designed to support and help its member firms with a range of ...
21 March 2024
The Later Life Lending Network, part of The Right Mortgage, has today (21st March 2024) announced details of a Later Life Lending Round Table Workshop for its later life specialists. Taking place on ...
21 March 2024
The Just Refer portal from national brokerage Just Mortgages and its advice arm Just Wealth has now supported brokers in referring more than 750 clients for wider financial advice. The new platform w...
21 March 2024
A LEADING member of Habito’s senior management team has shared her personal and professional insights into post-natal depression for the latest Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) intervie...
21 March 2024
Two in three commercial brokers surveyed by Atom bank report increased appetite for external financing Lower interest rates (55%) and rising business confidence (38%) revealed to be driving greater i...
20 March 2024
Introducing Yeliz Yusuf, 360 Dotnet’s new Strategic Relationships Director. With almost two decades of financial services expertise, Yeliz has been instrumental in the growth and management of a leadi...
20 March 2024
BRISTOL, 20 March 2024 – Zephyr Homeloans, the specialist buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage provider, has announced 15 basis points (bps) reductions across its five-year fixed and lifetime tracker mortgages. ...
20 March 2024
Pepper Money has launched Payout Before Consent on its Second Charge mortgages, enabling the lender to advance funds to a customer when Consent from the first charge lender is the only outstanding ite...
20 March 2024
• CSF and InterBay’s new range provide exceptional value for landlords and investors • Rates start from 6.19% for a two-year fixed-rate loan • New industry-leading range underscores CSF and InterBay’...
20 March 2024
here is some commentary from Adam Oldfield at Phoebus Software, the mortgage servicing provider for financial institutions: Adam Oldfield, chief revenue officer at Phoebus Software, said: “It is cert...
20 March 2024
Specialist lender Spring Finance (Spring) has announced the release of a 1st charge residential remortgage product following a successful pilot launch in November last year. The product range offers l...
20 March 2024
In response to this morning’s CPI release from the ONS, here is a comment from Simon Webb at LiveMore, the mortgage lender for the 50 to 90+ age group. Simon Webb, managing director of capital market...
20 March 2024
‘Buy to Let by Foundation’, the buy-to-let brand of Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today (Wednesday 20 March) introduced a brand new, limited edition two-year fixe...
20 March 2024
Richard Harrison, Head of Mortgages, Atom bank comments: “There are signs that house price falls are starting to slow, with January’s figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showing hou...
19 March 2024
Precise, part of OSB Group, has made a number of changes across its buy to let product ranges. Highlights include: • Current Tier 1 80% LTV buy to let rates reduced by 50bps • New Tier 2 and Tier 3 b...
19 March 2024
Regulated firms that take on new business clients are leaving themselves exposed to serious red flags by not completing critical verification checks on the people running the business, new survey data...
19 March 2024
An unprecedented $2.6tn (£2.4tn) in a cash pile of investors’ money could be used to buy mortgage lenders’ back books in advance of the July 2024 phase two Consumer Duty deadline. Paul Hunt, CEO at P...
19 March 2024
London, 19 March 2024 Tuscan Capital, the short-term property finance specialist, has today (19 March 2024) launched a new-look refurbishment finance facility, further expanding its range of property...
19 March 2024
United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has announced new roles for three key members of the Sales team, to ensure tailored support is given to Introducers as the Bank continues to grow d...
18 March 2024
Kent Reliance for Intermediaries, (part of OSB Group) has refreshed products across their residential, buy to let, and shared ownership product ranges. Changes include relaunching Income Flexibility a...
18 March 2024
Following the announcement by the FCA that it will review firms’ treatment of vulnerable customers, we have a comment from vulnerability and Consumer Duty specialists MorganAsh. MorganAsh provides th...
18 March 2024
MagiClick, the award-winning digital agency, has today announced a new partnership with the Sharia-compliant digital bank, Nomo, with the launch of the bank’s new intermediary website. The website l...
15 March 2024
StreamBank has become the latest lender member to join the Association of Short-Term Lenders (ASTL). StreamBank is a specialist bank that offers tailored property investment products, including brid...
15 March 2024
Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has made two new hires, growing its portfolio management team with the recruitment of Victoria Baily and Graham Smith into significant roles within its specialist mortgages ...
14 March 2024
The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and The Right DA Club have today (14th March 2024) announced the appointment of a new National Account Manager working across both propositions. Mark Gould sta...
14 March 2024
Precise Mortgages has always been an iconic lender within the specialist sector and in recognition of its leading position, a new brand image has been unveiled with a fresh and distinctive identity. N...
13 March 2024
Two years since its launch into the bridging market, specialist lender Spring Finance is blooming! Following another record-breaking month of lending across all products, Spring has made a number of ...
13 March 2024
Buy-to-let lender Landbay has announced it has reduced rates across its standard five-year fixed range for houses in multiple occupation (HMO) and multi-unit freehold blocks (MUFBs). Rates on small H...
13 March 2024
Pepper Money has repriced its product range in response to rising SWAP rates. The specialist lender has increased all products by 0.25%, having provided brokers with 48 hours’ notice ahead of the wit...
13 March 2024
KSEYE has promoted Nathan Thorne to the role of Business Development Manager for South England and South Wales, where he will help brokers to deliver KSEYE’s fast and flexible bridging finance solutio...
13 March 2024
Aspen Bridging has revamped its sales force – including two new appointments – as the company targets £1bn in total lending in the next few years. Ian Miller-Hawes rejoins as Sales Director and will...
13 March 2024
Samantha Windle has been promoted to the role of Business Development Manager (BDM) by Atom bank. In her new role, Windle will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with intermedi...
13 March 2024
Fraser Johns, finance director at Beard, said: “The sector as a whole has certainly started the year with greater confidence and a real sense of optimism, with an increase in new work in January contr...
12 March 2024
Source have continued solidifying relationships with their advisers by expanding their popular general insurance education hub, LearningLab. Featuring a fresh aesthetic, intuitive pathways, and a cont...
12 March 2024
Marsden Building Society has announced several changes to its Later Life mortgage criteria, including increasing lending limits by up to five times a borrower’s income for pound-for-pound remortgages....
12 March 2024
Just Mortgages, one of the UK’s largest mortgage brokerages, has announced the promotion of successful mortgage and protection adviser Tara Panayi to the role of mortgage manager. In her new role, Ta...
12 March 2024
• Tandem launches new programme to support five charities across its key sites • Bank commits to achieving 1 million minutes of volunteering by 2026 Tandem, the UK’s greener, digital bank has announ...
12 March 2024
Bridging lender, London Credit has extended its Best 4 U promotion to commercial and semi-commercial loans. The promotion, which gives brokers the option to choose either refunded legal fees, refund...
12 March 2024
12 March 2024: Mortgage Brain, a leading provider of mortgage technology solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Niki Cooke as the newest addition to its Sales team, serving as National A...
12 March 2024
TMA Mortgage Club has added Dudley Building Society to its lender panel. The move will mean TMA’s directly authorised brokers can access the society’s range of specialist mortgage products, designed ...
12 March 2024
Mansfield Building Society has reduced the rates on its Credit Repair products by up to 0.60%. Mansfield’s Credit Repair range is available up to 70% LTV for borrowers who have experienced credit pro...
12 March 2024
SmartSearch, the UK’s leading provider of anti-money-laundering (AML) and digital compliance software, has partnered with LSEG Risk Intelligence, a foremost global financial markets infrastructure and...
11 March 2024
Equity Release Group partner with MoneySuperMarket (As their exclusive equity release referral partner) Price comparison service MoneySuperMarket has today announced a strategic partnership with the...
11 March 2024
Three out of four home movers are satisfied with the service they received from the last conveyancing solicitor they used, while a similar number (74%) of those who bought their home within the last f...
11 March 2024
Paradigm, the mortgage, protection and compliance services proposition, has today (11th March 2024) launched its latest Consumer Duty eBook and a new video providing information and guidance to all ad...
11 March 2024
With over 4.3 million people now classed as self-employed in the UK1, complex incomes are no longer uncommon and specialist lenders such as Kent Reliance for Intermediaries (KRFI) have experienced BDM...
08 March 2024
The specialist buy-to-let (BTL) lender has expanded its CHL 1 product range, adding 55% LTV options and 5-year fixed rate products to the range. Interest rates start from as low as 3.19% for the 2-ye...
07 March 2024
United Trust Bank (UTB) is continuing to grow its Deposits business with two new senior appointments in customer service and operations. Alan O’Shea has been promoted to Head of Customer Experience. ...
07 March 2024
Atom bank, the UK’s first app-based bank, has reduced rates across its variable rate commercial mortgage products by 0.30%. As a result, rates now start at 2.12% above base rate for loans at 45% loa...
07 March 2024
‘Buy to Let by Foundation’, the buy-to-let brand of Foundation Home Loans, has today (7th March 2024) launched two new HMO products specifically for first-time landlords. ‘Buy to Let by Foundation’ d...
07 March 2024
To mark International Women’s Day and its themes of inspiring inclusion and forging women’s economic empowerment leading lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has analysed its data to establish wha...
07 March 2024
Just Mortgages is one of the largest mortgage brokers in the UK, with more than 650 advisers working across both employed and self-employed divisions. It is part of Spicerhaart, the UK’s largest indep...
07 March 2024
“After the damp squib of an Autumn Statement, there was an optimistic expectation the Budget would deliver a number of property and mortgage market-friendly measures which would encourage more transac...
07 March 2024
Katie Pender, managing director of Target, says: “There are some rays of spring sunshine in today’s Budget. The Chancellor’s reduction in the higher rate of property capital gains tax may help the ma...
06 March 2024
Please find below a comment from Mark Tosetti, Group Partnerships Director at Movera, a group of home moving businesses including ONP Solicitors, on today’s Budget: Mark Tosetti, Group Partnerships D...
06 March 2024
In response to the Spring Budget announcement, here’s some commentary from Adam Oldfield at Phoebus Software, the mortgage servicing provider for financial institutions: Adam Oldfield, chief revenue ...
06 March 2024
Extension to Recovery Loan Scheme Tom Renwick, head of business lending, Atom bank comments: “The extension to the Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS), which will be renamed as the Growth Guarantee Scheme, i...
06 March 2024
Following Jeremy Hunt’s announcement regarding the removal of the Furnished Holiday Lets (FHL) scheme, Kate Davies, Executive Director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), comments...
06 March 2024
Following the release of the latest CIPS PMI construction data, which shows a rise in new work for the first time since July 2023, please find a comment from Beard Construction. Jamie Harwood, direct...
06 March 2024
Vida, the specialist lender, has announced the creation of a new Savings team, a key strategic milestone in its journey towards securing a banking license and launching its retail savings proposition....
06 March 2024
Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) announced the appointment of Josh Swaby as business development manager (BDM) for the North of England within its development finance team. In his new role, Josh will be r...
06 March 2024
Paradigm, the mortgage, protection and compliance services proposition, has today (6th March 2024) announced it has added specialist finance broker, The Loans Engine, to its referral partner panel. F...
06 March 2024
Paradigm, the mortgage, protection and compliance services proposition, has today (6th March 2024) announced it has added specialist finance broker, The Loans Engine, to its referral partner panel. F...
06 March 2024
The intermediary arm of Newcastle Building Society is now known as Newcastle for Intermediaries, as part of a new broker website and brand refresh. The lender’s new website has been specifically des...
06 March 2024
Aspen Bridging is laying the foundations for its next ambitious growth phase with a raft of promotions across its Risk, Underwriting and Credit teams. Wayne Hicklin is now Risk Director, which bring...
06 March 2024
• MIMHC’s programme for 2024 aims to promote and safeguard mental wellbeing • Events and initiatives specifically targeted at mortgage industry professionals • Charter aims to create lasting change th...
05 March 2024
Uinsure has today announced the arrival of James Pilkington and Jamie Thompson, following news of investment in the Manchester-based insurtech from LDC (Lloyds Development Capital). New head of letti...
05 March 2024
Specialist Hub is delighted to announce that they are now working exclusively with private investors to offer new second charge products into the market. These products are targeted at customers who ...
05 March 2024
Mortgage Brain, a leading provider of mortgage technology solutions, is pleased to announce the successful integration of its cutting-edge technology into the website of the innovative new lender, Apr...
05 March 2024
Leaving the industry and the sometimes polemic question of whether to charge a fee for advice were amongst the top trending topics on the cherryplc.co.uk industry forum during January. Advisers consu...
05 March 2024
Suros Capital, the luxury asset short term lender, has reported increasing interest in its ‘loans to business’ proposition introduced in January with many introducers stating how much easier it is to ...
05 March 2024
Suros Capital, the luxury asset short term lender, has reported increasing interest in its ‘loans to business’ proposition introduced in January with many introducers stating how much easier it is to ...
05 March 2024
Bridging lender, London Credit has launched a Best 4 U promotion that allows brokers to choose the offer that would best suit their clients. The promotion gives brokers the option to choose either r...
05 March 2024
Gateway Surveyors has today announced that the Buckinghamshire Building Society is the latest in a series of high-profile businesses to reappoint it as panel manager. The Derby based surveying firm, w...
05 March 2024
Hanley Economic Building Society has moved to broaden its buy-to-let proposition with the introduction of a variable discount ex-pat product and a two-year fixed rate remortgage-only deal, both availa...
05 March 2024
United Trust Bank (UTB) successfully navigated a challenging economic environment to deliver an impressive financial performance in 2023. The specialist lender’s Annual Report & Accounts for the year...
05 March 2024
Buy-to-let lender Landbay has appointed Sam Waterhouse as its new Business Development Manager for the Midlands. Sam will take over Landbay’s key business relationships with intermediaries and other ...
04 March 2024
The Brightstar Group is hosting a variety of activities to mark International Women’s Day on March 8th, embracing this year’s theme of #InspireInclusion. A highlight of the celebrations will be an In...
04 March 2024
The UK's largest lender, Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), has joined the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) on a mission to overhaul and speed up the home buying and selling process through a standardis...
04 March 2024
The UK's largest lender, Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), has joined the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) on a mission to overhaul and speed up the home buying and selling process through a standardis...
04 March 2024
The UK's largest lender, Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), has joined the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) on a mission to overhaul and speed up the home buying and selling process through a standardis...
04 March 2024
HLPartnership (HLP) has announced the appointment of Adam Smith as Operations Director. He joins from international insurance, risk management and consulting services company, Gallagher where he was ...
04 March 2024
Almost four in ten (38%) of landlords would like to expand their property portfolio in the next twelve months, according to a recent survey by Lendlord - the digital platform for property investors an...
04 March 2024
Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has today (4th March 2024) announced insurers, Guardian and Zurich, have been appointed to its protection panel, taking the number of primary...
01 March 2024
Kelly Rule from Sirius Finance will appear on The Property Podcast this week, to explain why property investors choose to use mortgage finance and promote the benefits of professional advice from a br...
01 March 2024
LiveMore, the mortgage lender for people aged 50 to 90+, is expanding the business with a new propositions team. Samantha Ward, who has consulted with LiveMore for the past six months, is now head of...
