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FCA publishes business plan for 2015/16

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

Calls for major reform of Money Advice Service

The Money Advice Service (MAS) has been heavily criticised in an independent report. The review...

Budget 2015: bad debt relief for peer to peer lenders

It was announced in today's Budget that peer to peer lenders will be able...

Lloyds cuts loan rate

Lloyds Bank has cut the rates of its Flexible Loan from 4.9% to 4.4%. The...

Strong performance by Enterprise/West One parent

Enra Finance, the parent group of Enterprise Finance and West One Loans, has announced...

Second charge market in flux ahead of regulatory changes

Smart Money believes that the landscape for second charge lending is already changing radically...

Brightstar hails rebrand a success

Brightstar has reported a rise in activity for enquiries and assistance in placing cases...

FCA outlines social media promotional guidelines

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its guidance on financial promotions in social...

Precise Mortgages completes fourth securitisation

Precise Mortgages completed its fourth public securitisation this week. It brings the total issuance...

Shawbrook plans stock market flotation

Shawbrook Group plc has this morning announced its intention to float on the London...

Borro introduces term loan offering

Personal asset lender Borro has unveiled a new 'term loan' product in response to high from...

FCA: payday lenders failing customers in arrears

A review of the first year of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) regulation of the...

Secured lending records best start to year since 2008

Loans Warehouse's latest secured loan index has revealed that January recorded the best month-one lending figures...

Zopa celebrates a decade in P2P lending

Peer-to-peer lender Zopa has marked the tenth anniversary of its service. The British business launched on...

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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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ModaMortgages adds 5% fee option to 80% LTV range

ModaMortgages has expanded its 80% loan-to-value (LTV) range with the launch of limited edition...

Pluto Finance hires lending director to drive European expansion

Pluto Finance has appointed Max Güntner as lending director for Germany and the Netherlands,...

Nivo secures new AI certification

Nivo has become one of the first financial services firms in the UK to...

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...