Loans

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...

Brightstar hires its first BDM

Brightstar has appointed Chris Bennett as its first business development manager (BDM). He will report...

HLP expands provider panel

TFC Homeloans has been appointed to the HLP broker network’s panel of providers.  After revealing...

Paragon posts profit rise

The Paragon Group of Companies has reported its results for the final quarter of...

Key appointments for Masthaven Finance

Masthaven Finance has appointed Steve Brennan as head of underwriting for its bridging division. It...

60% of brokers expect H2 bank rate rise

A survey, carried out by United Trust Bank with brokers working in the...

Masthaven offers new consumer credit short-term product

Masthaven Secured Loans has relaunched its hybrid consumer credit regulated second charge bridging product. This follows a...

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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Skipton Group appoints group chief internal auditor

Skipton Group has appointed Caroline Dale as its new group chief internal auditor, with...

DC Law passes 10,000 Trustpilot reviews with ‘Excellent’ customer rating

DC Law has exceeded 10,000 customer reviews on Trustpilot while maintaining an ‘Excellent’ rating...

Family Building Society launches BoE tracker mortgages

Family Building Society has launched a new range of Bank of England tracker mortgages...

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Works has reduced buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 0.25 percentage points...

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