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Paul Brett leaves Masthaven

BestAdvice can confirm that Paul Brett has left Masthaven Secured Loans. He joined Masthaven Secured...

Payday loan rejects should be given debt advice

Citizens Advice has said that payday lenders should seize the opportunity to point people...

Y3S maintains Fast Growth 50 status

At the annual Fast Growth 50 dinner in Wales on Friday, Y3S retained its...

Citizens Advice: banks should provide short-term credit

Citizens Advice has sounded a warning about the lack of choice in short-term credit....

New face at Complete FS

Ann Jennings has joined Complete FS's enquiries and sales team. She joins the South Coast...

Majority of young borrowers turn to payday loans

Citizens Advice has reported that young people aged 17 to 24 who are struggling...

£1m needed to achieve lifetime goals?

The average couple in the UK spend £877,000 on key lifetime events such as...

Major landmark reached by Borro

Borro has reached the £100 million milestone in funded loans to individuals and small...

Team Vantage completes charity cycle challenge

Vantage Finance has completed its charity cycle, during which the team cycled for 10...

‘First’ peer-to-peer tracker product unveiled

Landbay, a recent entrant to the peer-to-peer (p2p) lending market, has launched two new...

FLA: continued growth for second charge market

There was an 11% growth in overall consumer finance new business in the 12...

Call for transparency with payday loan lead generators

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its provisional decision on the payday...

TV encouraging irresponsible use of credit

Fictional characters, celebrities and reality TV stars are all helping to encourage people to...

SBG appoints preferred provider master brokers

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has announced the appointment of Promise Solutions Ltd and Positive...

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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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Budget fears stall housing market as one in five hold off selling

One in five UK homeowners say they are postponing plans to sell their property...

Chetwood Bank to pay brokers full fees on product transfers

Chetwood Bank has confirmed it will pay brokers a full procuration fee when it...

Catalyst simplifies product range with rate cuts and higher loan limits

Catalyst Property Finance has unveiled a streamlined range of specialist lending products, cutting rates...

Younger workers most likely to keep working even without financial need, survey finds

More than half of working adults in Britain say they would continue to work...