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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...

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...

COMMENT

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

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Santander raises foreign national mortgage lending to 90% LTV

Santander UK has expanded its foreign national mortgage policy by increasing the maximum loan-to-value...

Keystone passes £2bn in securitisation issuance with sixth Hops Hill deal

Keystone Property Finance has completed its sixth securitisation, taking total issuance under its Hops...

Fleet Mortgages expands buy-to-let range with new products and lower rates

Fleet Mortgages has introduced new buy-to-let products, reduced rates across its Standard, Limited Company...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts fixed rates across residential and buy-to-let range

Coventry for intermediaries has cut rates across its fixed mortgage range, with reductions available...

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