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7% rise in consumer finance

Consumer finance new business fell by 1% in January 2015 compared with the same...

Vantage Finance secures full CCA permissions

Vantage Finance has been granted full CCA permissions by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA),...

TFC Homeloans secures CCA permissions from regulator

TFC Homeloans has been granted full CCA permissions by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)....

Nemo Personal Finance marks a decade in business

Secured lender Nemo Personal Finance is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Founded in 2005, Nemo...

Landbay in transparency push

Peer to peer lending platform Landbay is to share publicly a range of new...

Secured loan volumes continue to rise

The £66m of secured lending witnessed in January represented a 2% monthly increase from...

0.1% fall in house prices

The Nationwide Building Society's house price index for February reported that there was a...

Why introducers are crucial to your business development

I’m sure we’d all agree that developing an advisory business, and bringing in clients,...

TFC Homeloans on recruitment drive

Specialist packager TFC Homeloans is looking to hire a new sales team to manage...

Application process a turn-off for many

A lengthy application process is the number one frustration felt by 51% of UK...

Ezbob parent acquires Everline

Orange Money Ltd, which trades as Ezbob in the UK, has purchased Everline, in...

CML issues its own election manifesto

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has launched a new animated version of its...

Payday lenders forced to improve transparency

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is to require payday lenders to be listed...

The Lending Wizard expands second charge team

Freedom Finance’s loan sourcing portal, The Lending Wizard, has added two new members to its team. They...

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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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Q&A: Jason Berry, Crystal Specialist Finance

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Jason Berry, group sales director at Crystal Specialist...

CHL Mortgages joins FIBA lending panel

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has announced that CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries...

Air pushes for customer-centric suitability reports in later life lending

Air, the later life lending platform, has launched a new suitability report designed to...

House prices show modest growth as affordability pressures linger

UK house prices rose modestly in September, with the annual rate of growth holding...