Loans

Tandem Bank automates income verification using Sikoia

Fintech firm Sikoia has partnered with Tandem Bank to automate key aspects of income...

Together Financial Services splits CABS securitisation

Together Financial Services has separated and upsized its £1.25bn Charles Street securitisation programme (CABS)...

Over 40,000 UK householders could take out second charges this year

Pepper Money has predicted that over 42,000 households could to take out second charge...

RAW Capital Partners provides loan to British expat in Italy

RAW Capital Partners has helped a British national living in Italy unlock equity to...

UTB unveils 90% LTV second charges for Premier Club members

United Trust Bank Mortgages has launched a range of 90% loan to value (LTV)...

Sikoia partners with Y3S to improve customer verification

Sikoia has announced a new partnership with specialist loan brokerage Y3S, aimed at enhancing...

Second charge mortgages for buy-to-let cases

The hike in the stamp duty surcharge announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in the...

Significant rise in new second charge lending

Second charge mortgage new business volumes grew by 32% in October 2024, according to latest...

Finova Broker adds Norton Broker Services to club panel

Norton Broker Services has been added to the finova Payment & Mortgage Services’ (fPMS)...

Clocktower Support adopts MARS to enhance financial inclusion

Clocktower Support has adopted the MorganAsh Resilience System (MARS) to improve support and financial...

Pepper provides HNW with £500k second charge

Pepper Money completed a £500,000 second charge mortgage for high net worth (HNW) customers...

New Billings for Central Trust as it woos more brokers

Liam Billings has joined the team at Central Trust as a Business Development Manager...

OMS offers Selena Finance ‘quick quote’ functionality

OMS has partnered with Selina Finance to launch a 'quick quote' function for the...

Brightstar Group launches the Specialist Lending Expo

The Brightstar Group has announced a new event - the Specialist Lending Expo -...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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Lifetime ISAs linked to £67.5bn of first-time buyer property purchases

Lifetime ISAs have helped more than 417,000 people buy their first home since the...

Landbay webinar to examine outlook for rates and UK economy

Landbay is to host an economic webinar examining the outlook for interest rates, inflation...

Cost of living hits homeownership plans for more than half of young Scots

More than half of younger adults in Scotland say cost-of-living pressures are the biggest...

Precise cuts residential mortgage offer times with new platform

Precise has launched a residential mortgage platform after a pilot reduced average application-to-offer times...

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