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59th securitisation completed by Paragon

The Paragon Group has completed its latest securitisation. Paragon Mortgages No.21 (PM21) is the fourth...

Paragon Personal Finance joins TFC’s seconds panel

TFC Homeloans has announced the addition of Paragon Personal Finance to its second charge...

Borro partners with ex-footballer charity

Asset lender Borro and XPRO, a charity for former professional footballers in the UK,...

Promise Solutions expands lender panel

Loan master broker Promise Solutions has added to its secured loan panel with...

FSE 2015 dates announced

Front Events will be holding three Financial Services Expo shows next year. Starting...

FCA announces payday loan cap

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed details of a price cap for the...

Smart Money unveils Xmas incentive scheme

Smart Money has launched its new Smart Reward incentive scheme for pre-Christmas completions. The...

Specialist lending still an ‘undiscovered country’ for many advisers

A recent commissioned survey of introducers to Brightstar Financial has found that although over...

Proposed FCA social media rules “unrealistic”

  PR agency chiefs have rebuffed proposals that clients should be obliged to sign-off social...

Double-digit growth in consumer finance

There was a 12% growth in consumer finance new business in September, compared with...

TSB slashes personal loan rate

TSB has launched its lowest ever personal loan rate for existing TSB bank account...

OneSavings Bank posts Q3 results

OneSavings Bank plc (OSB) has reported that its "encouraging" financial performance during the first...

CML outlines lender concern over European directive

The forthcoming European mortgage credit directive looks set to be the most significant EU-wide...

TMA and Pink Mortgage Club hold DA business conferences

LSL Property Services firms TMA and the Pink Mortgage Club are running a series...

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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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Perenna appoints industry veteran Steve Mannakee

Long-term fixed-rate mortgage lender Perenna has strengthened its distribution team with the appointment of...

Three more top lenders back Take Me Home Christmas charity concert

Support is flooding in for the mortgage industry’s biggest charitable event of the year...

Time Finance partners with British Business Bank to dispel invoice finance myths

Independent lender Time Finance has joined forces with the British Business Bank to challenge...

Shepherds Friendly names new chief executive

Shepherds Friendly has appointed Jonathan Sandell as its next chief executive, succeeding Ann-Marie O’Dea,...