Nationwide has appointed Kim Dickinson as its new lead product manager for intermediaries to further strengthen its intermediary relationships team.

She brings a wealth of mortgage market experience to the role, having spent the last decade at Virgin Money and Clydesdale managing relationships with hundreds of brokers.

In her new role, Dickinson will lead the building society’s intermediary proposition, ensuring it continues to provide competitive, customer-first propositions that are shaped by broker insight.

Charles Roe has been appointed as an industry adviser at LiveMore.

In this role, he will support the specialist lender in pioneering solutions for the evolving needs of borrowers, as well as deepen its relationships with its key commercial partners.

Roe joins with a wealth of experience in financial regulation, mortgage lending and public policy. Most recently, he served as director of mortgages at UK Finance. Prior roles include head of department for mortgages and mutuals at the Financial Conduct Authority and senior leadership positions at Nottingham Building Society and Grant Thornton UK.

Landbay has launched five new product transfer (PT) tracker products within its core and specialist ranges.

The new additions include three core two-year tracker PT products, alongside new two-year trackers for both specialist small HMOs and small MUFBs.

Within its core range, Landbay has launched a 65% LTV product with a 3% fee at BBR plus 1.49% and two 75% LTV products, one with a 2% fee and a rate of BBR plus 2.24% and one with a 3% fee at BBR plus 1.74%. In its specialist range, its 75% LTV small HMO product with a 3% fee plus 1.74%, and its small MUFB 75% LTV product comes with a 3% fee and a rate of BBR plus 1.74%.

Accord Mortgages has reduced rates on its buy-to-let (BTL) range by 0.08%.

Changes apply to all five-year fixes up to 75% LTV, with the lender also extending product end dates to 31 October to maximise product term value for brokers and their clients.

Highlights of the BTL range include a five-year fix at 4.87% for house purchasers at 75% LTV, while its five-year remortgage product starts at 4.90%. Furthermore, its five-year fix for house purchasers at 60% LTV starts from 4.71%. All products come with a £995 fee and a free standard valuation.

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages has strengthened its residential mortgage proposition with rate reductions of up to 100 bps across selected products and the launch of 90% and 95% LTV mortgages for super prime and prime plus borrowers.

Residential mortgage rates now start from 5.24%, with new lending available up to 95% LTV and maximum loan sizes of £500,000, with 90% LTV products having maximum loan sizes of £750,000.

On its revised super prime range, two-year fixes start from 5.24% and five-year fixes available from 5.39%, while its two-and five-year prime plus products start from 5.44% and 5.59% respectively.

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