Debt

FCA focussing on high-cost credit and overdrafts

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking evidence and feedback to further inform its...

2016 Christmas costs revealed

Brits intend to spend £1,484 each this festive season, according to annual research from...

Clever Lending and Lowry Capital save client £1.2m

Clever Lending says it helped save a corporate borrower in a debt reduction deal from their...

Rise in number expecting 2017 rate rise

23% of remortgagors now expect a rate rise in the next year, according to...

SMEs need better protection against late payers

Hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have not been protected from...

Mortgage arrears still at 20-year low

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that the overall arrears rate in...

Fall in second charge mortgage repossessions

Latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that the number of second-charge mortgage...

FCA concerned by ‘high risk’ sector appetite

Lynda Blackwell, mortgage sector manager at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), says the regulator...

Debt consolidation still main reason for loan

Debt consolidation remains the top reason that people apply for a loan, with 47%...

Citizens Advice sounds warning over guarantor loans

An increasing number of people are struggling with debts for guarantor loans and rent to...

Variable incomes causing debt problems

Research carried out by Debt Advisory Centre has revealed how the growing numbers of people whose incomes...

Payday lender in £34m customer redress action

Payday firm CFO Lending is to provide over £34 million of redress to more...

Londoners leaving home at risk of debt

New research from Weroom, the flatsharing marketplace, reveals that the annual exodus of people...

Citizens Advice: payday lenders still failing borrowers

Citizens Advice has revealed that its research shows that certain payday lenders are still failing...
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Homebuying

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

Build, baby, build? Well we will need to fund more than the usual suspects

There was a noticeable sense of optimism at UKREiiF this year. That may sound surprising given the economic headwinds of recent years, but the...

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s no excuse to ignore it. When a UK borrower reaches 55,...

How small and medium-sized lenders can fix the origination headache

We are constantly told that to fix the mortgage journey, we need to rip everything out and start again. That unless a lender replaces its...

A new PM brings a new opportunity to rethink housing policy

Politics, as it seems to do in recent times, has moved at remarkable speed over the last couple of weeks. In what feels like...

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Together cuts fixed rates and expands criteria

Specialist lender Together has reduced rates across its fixed-rate product range and announced it...
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Bank lending to smaller property investors falls 14%

The value of lending from UK-regulated banks to small and medium-sized property investment businesses...
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L&G names winners of 15th Business Quality Awards

Legal & General has announced the winners of its 15th annual Business Quality Awards. The...
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MT Finance latest firm to offer World Cup time off

As mortgage firms gear up for England’s 1am World Cup clash against Mexico on...

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