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Sesame Bankhall Group’s mortgage business up 8% in 2011
Sesame Bankhall Group delivered £26.1bn of mortgage business to lenders in 2011, an increase of 8% on the £24.2bn delivered in 2010.
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Govt says FCA should consult on early warnings
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Over 1,000 homes sold through FirstBuy
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Six lenders offering 80% LTV B2L after Kensington withdraws
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Generational divide stalling housing market
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NatWest reduces rates on 90% LTV fixed rates
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Bridgebank Capital appoints head of marketing
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Clydesdale launches into 80% LTV B2L lending
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S&P rates HML ‘above average’ for servicing in Ireland
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Paragon lent £38.6m in Q4 2011
Chavs
After last week’s review of The Iron Lady, the recent biopic of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, this week we look at a book that takes a more critical look at Thatcherism.
Caption Competition
Caption Competition
PMS’ John Cupis (far left) and Lloyds Banking Group’s Mike Jones celebrate PMS’ 15th anniversary with Sesame Bankhall’s George Higginson (right).
Mortgage Mole
The Mortgage Mole
Top man Mole was celebrating PMS’ 15th anniversary last week in the swanky Paramount restaurant at the top of CentrePoint in London.
Top of the league
Top of the League - December
This month’s winner is Bobby Sherlock, mortgage adviser of Stan Sherlock Associates
Blogs
MS Leader: Dotting Is and crossing Ts
Our last cover feature looked at what gets brokers’ blood boiling when it comes to the service lenders offer. This week, we turn the tables and ask lenders what brokers do that makes them see red. Unsurprisingly, lenders were less eager to spill the beans.
It takes two to tango
Bad habits of lenders are driving intermediaries to distraction, wrote Mortgage Strategy’s Samuel Dale last week in a list of things that really tick off brokers.
Virgin Bank deserves buzz about its launch
Not many will have missed the launch of Virgin Money Bank - an impressive, co-ordinated media campaign that had the confidence not to revolve solely around the charismatic bearded one - Richard Branson.
MMR puts focus on loans for the elderly
The latest Mortgage Market Review has prompted renewed interest in niche areas, including mortgages in retirement, which will have an impact on equity release.
Price rise is on the cards for this year
Everybody will be busy making predictions this month and hopefully there will be more optimism than pessimism.
Caring for clients can bring great rewards
The value of your advice should never be underestimated. Brokers can provide clients with the right products to protect them from events that could devastate them or their families financially - something few industries can do.
