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Food and travel funded by payday loans

44% of people who took out a payday loan in the last 12 months...

New BDM for 1st Stop Group

1st Stop Group has appointed a new business development manager, Laura Walters.  She joined 1st Stop...

Consumer finance grew by 9% last year

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has released figures that consumer finance new business...

Pancredit hires sales manager

Pancredit has appointed Sarah Jackson as sales manager for London and the South. Jackson has...

Openwork partners with Enterprise Finance

Openwork has signed a new partnership agreement with master broker Enterprise Finance. The network has around 3,000...

Equity release customers funding home improvements

Key Retirement's 2014 Equity Release Market Monitor shows 63% of customers – compared with 58%...

Brightstar appoints BDM

Brightstar has appointed Nathan Ellis-Calcott to its external sales team. He will be tasked with...

Europe’s loan portfolio market to top €100bn this year

European loan portfolios with a face value of €91bn were sold in 2014, up...

FCA to study PPI complaint trends

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to gather evidence on current trends in Payment...

New role for Neil Molyneux at Masthaven Finance

Neil Molyneux has been appointed to the newly created role of head of sales...

Key hire for V Loans as it moves offices

V Loans has appointed Jo Tuson as a case manager. The specialist secured lending arm...

Short-term lender rapped over ‘trivial’ Xmas ad

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a website ad by Glasgow-based Stop Go...

One-third of personal loans in New Year for debt consolidation

Research from Sainsbury's Bank Loans suggests that up to 212,000 people could take out...

AMI backs Treasury EU directive implementation

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has welcomed the Treasury's response to last year's...

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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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MAB takes stake in UK Moneyman to drive later life lending growth

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has taken a significant stake in UK Moneyman, the Hull-based...

Accord trims rates to support first-time buyers with smallest deposits

Accord Mortgages is cutting rates across its residential range in a move designed to...

HTB promotes Kiely to head of sales role in specialist and bridging divisions

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has promoted Danny Kiely to the newly created position of...

West One opens commercial mortgage range to full market

West One has expanded its footprint in specialist lending with the full launch of...