Debt

Quarter of exes share loan/credit card debt

According to a new survey conducted on behalf of debt advice and solutions provider...

Majority expect rate rise over next 12 months

Legal & General’s latest Mortgage Mood survey has revealed that 68% of homeowners fear...

Logbook lenders “driving people into debt”

Citizens Advice has raised concerns that people taking out logbook loans are overloaded with...

Being overdrawn is the norm for many

27% of adults in the UK have already dipped into their overdraft by the...

Bridgebank funds major ‘debt forgiveness’ settlement

Bridgebank Capital has completed a £2.3 million bridging loan advance to an experienced property...

Fall in numbers with severe rent arrears

35,000 fewer tenants are facing rental arrears of more than two months, compared to...

Expansion for C2it Commercial Collections

C2it Commercial Collections is relocating to a larger office in August 2014. The move...

Lowest interest payments on debt for over 10 years

Borrowers in the UK are paying less interest on their debt than at any...

Claim dismissed due to illegible credit agreement

A badly written credit agreement has resulted in a claim by a debt collection...

Call for tougher restrictions on payday lenders

While new rules for payday lenders came into effect on 1 July 1, a...

Downward trend in voids

The average void period experienced by landlords has continued to fall, a survey by...

CMCs face large fines for bad service

Claims management companies (CMCs) responsible for providing bad service and bombarding people with nuisance...

Growing confidence in own financial situations

A new survey from Ocean Finance has highlighted that most people believe in their...

Citizens Advice: fake legal letters “callous intimidation”

Citizens Advice has said the sending of fake legal letters chasing payday loan debts...
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COMMENT

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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News

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...
News

Broker optimism grows as sub-4% rates edge closer

A series of mortgage rate cuts from lenders this week has sparked optimism among...
Buy-to-let

Renters face higher costs amid strong demand

Two in three (63%) recent movers ended up paying more rent than planned, as...
Buy-to-let

ModaMortgages cuts rates across limited-edition BTL range

ModaMortgages has announced a reprice of its limited-edition buy-to-let range, with rate reductions across...

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