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MPC maintains Bank Rate at 0.5%

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

Majority of people meeting debt repayments

People surveyed for the second Lloyds Bank Lending Report continue to feel upbeat when...

Promise expands packaging department

Master broker Promise Solutions has appointed a new mortgage packaging manager. Helen Aston joins...

Lowest loan rates ever from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have launched their lowest ever personal loan rates. New and existing customers...

TFC opens London office

TFC Homeloans has opened a central London office and appointed Gary Barton as its...

RBS expects further action from regulators

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has admitted that it continues to be party to...

Lloyds disposes of commercial loan portfolio

Lloyds Banking Group has agreed the sale of a portfolio of Irish commercial loans...

BoE: larger than average increase in lending last month

The Bank of England's latest Money and Credit Report has stated that total lending...

Secured loans proving popular for debt consolidation

Clever Lending has revealed that 61% of its secured loan cases being used for...

Profits up 11% at Paragon

The Paragon Group of Companies has reported that its operating profits totalled £98 million...

Precise unveils BTL second charge range

Precise Mortgages has launched a range of buy-to-let second charge loan products, aimed at...

Demand for ability to borrow in retirement

29% of over-55s expect to be in debt in retirement or are unsure whether...

Profits up at Shawbrook

Shawbrook Bank has reported an increase in underlying profit before taxation in the first...

Young people struggling with debt

A debt advisory firm has wanted that young adults are most likely to struggle...
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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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