Loans

Two-thirds of income spent on essentials

Brits are spending an average of 66% of their monthly income on essential bills...

Vantage Finance expands lender network

Master broker Vantage Finance has announced two new additions to its lender panel. The firm is now...

Short-term deal saves sizeable legacy

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation has helped a client save a legacy as well as increasing...

MBE London announces seminar line-up

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announced the series of seminars it will be holding...

Zopa hails the ‘silver pound’

Zopa, which has just become the UK’s first peer-to-peer lender to pass £1 billion...

50% fall in second charge repossession figures

Latest data from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that the number of...

Ex-couples still hit by debt

Failed relationships have put over two million Brits in debt by ex-partners, who are...

Want a loan? Live in London

People living in the capital are more likely to get a personal loan, according...

Anna Bennett joins Positive Lending

Specialist packager Positive Lending has announced the appointment of Anna Bennett into the newly...

TFC unveils introducer service

TFC Homeloans has launched a new Introducer Appointed Representative service. The referral-only service will...

The Lending Wizard reveals MCD approach

The Lending Wizard has outlined its European Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) implementation strategy ahead of...

NAB ups estimates for Clydesdale redress

National Australia Bank (NAB) has readjusted the total amount it believes will be necessary...

June sees large rise in secured lending

There was an 11% rise in consumer finance new business in June, compared with...

Single MPC dissenter over July rate hold

At its meeting ending on 5 August 2015, the Bank of England's Monetary Policy...
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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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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...
ESG

Consumers put greater trust in B Corp certified financial providers, says Cumberland

More than half of consumers say they would feel more confident in their bank...

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