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Smart Money moves to larger Glasgow office

Smart Money has announced an office move for its Scottish office to larger premises...

P2P will redistribute the profits of buy-to-let

The mortgage industry is going to be 'revolutionised' by peer-to-peer finance, starting with secured...

Over 33% of credit reports contain errors

Mistakes on credit reports could wrongly be contributing to millions of British consumers being...

Connect Mortgage Club to offer second charge BTL

Connect Mortgage Club has added secured loans master broker The Loans Engine to its...

Smart Money moves into bridging finance

Smart Money will be adding full bridging support for intermediaries to its services from...

Promise wins second charge packager award

Promise Solutions picked up the award for second charge packager of 2014 at the...

Vantage Finance appoints head of sales

Vantage Finance has recruited Tim Bennett as its new head of sales. The packager says...

Brightstar wins Top Specialist Distributor award

Brightstar Financial won the Top Specialist Distributor award at the Precise Mortgages Awards, held...

LandBay offers festive reward to customers

Peer-to-peer lending platform Landbay is offering £50 of John Lewis vouchers to any new...

Y3S Group takes 50% stake in secured loans packager

Y3S Group has acquired 50% of Chaseblue Loans Ltd. Both businesses package secured loans for...

Simon Stern exits Prestige Finance

Simon Stern, business development director at Prestige Finance, is leaving the business. Stern had been...

Research shines a light on deliberate non-payers

A YouGov survey of 2,010 people for Equifax found that 16% of Britons have...

Tenet unveils consumer credit compliance service

Tenet says it believes most financial advisers need consumer credit authorisation, but that...

MiLoanbroker hits 6,000 user mark

MiLoanbroker.com, the free secured loans sourcing system from Y3S Loans, has registered over 6,000...

COMMENT

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

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Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal...

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

TMG recorded its highest monthly submission volume with MetLife, exceeding its previous record by...

Leek raises earned income age limit to 75

Leek Building Society has introduced eight lending criteria changes covering income, contractors, later-life borrowing...

Coventry cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates for new and...

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