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Smart Money: ignore Scotland at your peril

Smart Money has argued that Scotland represents untapped value for the specialist lending market,...

Prestige Finance increases maximum loan size

Prestige Finance is improving its large loan proposition with immediate effect with two changes...

Y3S drives high performance response

Cardiff-based specialist finance packager Y3S has added a new high performance vehicle to its...

Shawbrook IPO values business at £725m

Shawbrook Bank has announced the successful pricing of its initial public offering (IPO) of...

Shawbrook improves heavy refurb STL offering

Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division has made changes to its short-term loan (STL) product range. It is...

Nemo Personal Finance unveils fixed rate products

Secured lender Nemo Personal Finance has introduced new fixed rate product options. The new products...

AMI slams FCA fee hike proposals

The Association of Mortgages has responded with anger to the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA)...

FCA issues fee proposals

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on fees for regulated firms for the...

Sturgess joins Masthaven Secured Loans

Masthaven Secured Loans (MSL) has appointed Jon Sturgess as head of sales. He will look...

Loan firm rapped over student ads

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned advertisements from FCL Consumer Finance Ltd, which...

LendingCrowd hires business development head

Scottish peer-to-business crowdlender LendingCrowd has appointed Fraser Lusty as head of business development. Lusty (pictured) has...

New deals and price cuts from Prestige Finance

Prestige Finance has unveiled a new range of fixed rate secured loan products for...

Crystal Mortgages moves into seconds

Commercial mortgage finance and bridging loan firm Crystal Mortgages is branching out into the...

FCA publishes business plan for 2015/16

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed the key areas of work it will undertake in...

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Mortgages, mutuality, members and making a difference

Anyone working in the mortgage market knows that a key area of our measurement is sales. How many cases we complete, the value of...

Stability is not a slowdown; it’s exactly what the bridging market needs

So, according to the recent Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) figures, bridging completions fell in Q2. Cue the usual hand-wringing. The headlines landed, the...

The rise of the silver pound

UK house prices may have cooled from their peak, but affordability pressures remain acute. Even with recent adjustments to interest rates, rising property values have...

Staggering stamp duty will make it easier for people to move

A proposal to spread stamp duty land tax payments across several years, in an effort to drive growth and boost the housing market, is...

Making Digital Sales Ready properties the norm, not the exception

Digital Sales Ready listings and upfront information have the potential to transform the home buying and selling journey, creating faster, more transparent transactions with...

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Hope Capital celebrates record quarter as it enters 14th year

Hope Capital has marked its 14th anniversary with its strongest quarter since the lender’s...

Mortgage industry sees progress on mental health but one in five remain at risk

The mortgage industry is making measurable progress in addressing the mental health of its...

Gen H launches part and part mortgage for buyers with 5% deposit

Gen H has unveiled a new mortgage designed to help first-time buyers and households...

NCA and Law Society join forces to fight property fraud

The National Crime Agency (NCA) and The Law Society have launched a joint campaign...