Loans

37% monthly rise in second charge new business

July saw an 8% rise in consumer finance new business, compared with the same month...

Strong summer for secured lending

Monthly secured lending rose to £85.5m in July, according to the latest Enterprise Finance...

Commercial boost behind Brightstar’s record growth

Specialist distributor Brightstar has reported record growth as broker enquiries continue to rise and,...

No changes from the BoE

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has once again voted to keep...

Record month for secured lender

Masthaven Secured Loans (MSL) has reported its best ever month. New business in August was...

Fluent Money hires head of partnerships

Second charge provider Fluent Money has appointed James Dunbabin as its head of partnerships. Dunbabin...

Barclays sells UK secured lending business

Barclays Bank has sold the UK Secured Lending (UKSL) portfolio, to a group led...

Only 50% of advisers offer seconds to clients

Up to one in 10 remortgage or further advance customers could benefit from a...

New hire at Promise Solutions

Master broker Promise Solutions has appointed a new commercial manager to support the growth...

Enterprise secures new second charge permissions

Enterprise Finance has revealed that it has received confirmation from the Financial Conduct Authority...

FSE London seminar programme published

The Financial Services Expo (FSE) London seminar programme will cover three theatres. On both days there...

Complete FS to hold 12th specialist lender expo

Specialist distributor Complete FS will host its annual Specialist Lender Expo at the Meon...

TFC teams up with Mortgageforce

TFC Homeloans has joined forces with Mortgageforce to enable its members to access specialist...

New brand identity for LendInvest

LendInvest has unveiled its new visual identity, including a new logo and website. The peer-to-peer marketplace lender...
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COMMENT

Comment

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

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Buy-to-let

Hodge raises holiday let lending limits with 80% LTV move

Hodge Bank has widened its holiday let criteria, increasing maximum loan-to-value to 80% and...
News

Family BS expands fixed rate range across core lending lines

Family Building Society has launched a refreshed range of fixed rate products spanning owner-occupier...
Appointments

HLPartnership hires Toby Miles from Legal & General for recruitment role

HLPartnership has appointed Toby Miles as recruitment manager, joining the mortgage and protection network...
Technology

Mortgage Brain unveils major CRM Brain update shaped by broker feedback

Mortgage Brain has released its most extensive update to CRM Brain, introducing new functionality...

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