Packagers
TMA in £100-a-case commission offer
The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) is offering directly authorised intermediaries an opportunity to earn an additional £100 commission per completed case to mark the addition of Affirmative Finance to its bridging proposition.
Complete adds Affirmative to its panel
Mortgage packager Complete Mortgage and Loan Services Limited has announced the addition of bridging loans provider Affirmative Finance to its lending panel.
Troubled BoS exits self-cert market
Bank of Scotland (BoS) and BM Solutions have pulled their entire range of new business self-certification products.
TMA backs secured loans programme
The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) has confirmed it is the first affiliate distribution partner to offer Promise Solutions' series of secured loans training and induction modules to its members.
Bank of Scotland mortgages
At Bank of Scotland mortgages, we consider the large loan market to be a niche sector that requires a tailored approach compared to that of the conventional mortgage market.
TMA to launch general insurance service
The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) will launch into the general insurance market following feedback from members.
Rates cut across Halifax brands
Halifax is reducing rates on a number of its mortgage products and has introduced a new 60% LTV tier for borrowers with large amounts of equity in their homes.
HBOS cuts rates across brands
HBOS group is to reduce rates on a number of its fixed rate and mortgage tracker products.
Mortgage Next extends non-conforming offering
Mortgage Next has added two specialist lenders to its panel to provide its brokers with a wider range of buy-to-let and sub-prime mortgage products.
DUAL-PRICING CAMPAIGN - Last chance to give your views
IFAonline.co.uk has been inundated with comments on mortgage dual-pricing over the last few months. In response to requests from our readers, we are launching a campaign on the issue with a view to making the FSA listen properly to advisers' and brokers'...
Brokers urged to maximise ancillary sales
The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) is urging mortgage intermediaries to maximise ancillary sales in order to help cope with turbulent market conditions.
Future Mortgages ceases new lending
Future Mortgages has been shutdown by parent company Citi and will cease all new lending from 21 May.
Proc fee alignment good for industry
Mortgages for Business claims HBOS's decision to align proc fees across its brands is good news for packagers.
High Northern Rock mortgage payments threaten thousands
The Northern Rock debacle threatens thousands of homeowners with a significant rise in mortgage repayments, according to Moneynet.co.uk.
UK market dominated by prime mortgages
Prime mortgages continue to be dominant in the UK market despite the many problems caused by sub-prime lending in the US, according to the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA).
The One account
How it is going to support brokers who want to make the most of what the current account mortgage sector offers
Whitehouse appointed new head of mortgage club TMA
Abbey-owned mortgage club The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) has appointed a new head.
GMAC-RFC replaces discounts with tracker rates
GMAC-RFC has replaced its non-conforming and buy-to-let discount ranges with BBR (bank base rate) trackers it was announced today.
There is a bright side to mortgage wobble
There are some people who subscribe to the view that if all else fails then blind optimism and a refusal to look facts in the face will see them through.
Advantage revamps mortgage range
Advantage, the specialist lending subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, has today announced a series of changes across its mortgage range.
TMA launches Mortgage Desk
The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) one of the UK's biggest mortgage clubs, has launched a dedicated Mortgage Desk for club members.
Edeus continues to build empire
edeus is continuing to put all the pieces in place ahead of its launch in September and has been appointed to the lender panels of mortgage network Home of Choice and packager KGB.
Openwork calls for greater cooperation on self-cert
Distributor Openwork has expressed concerns that mortgage lenders are not always consistent in their underwriting and processing of self-certification cases.
Product round-up
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