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21% rise in value of second charge new business

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported a 14% increase in consumer finance...

Y3S offers second charge start-up

Y3S is to hold a ‘Dragons Den’ style interview process to find two people...

New brand identity for TFC Homeloans

TFC Homeloans has unveiled a new brand identity across its website and communications. The...

New online proposition from the Lending Wizard

The Lending Wizard, Freedom Finance's loan sourcing tool for brokers, is launching a new...

FCA starts social media use consultation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today launched a consultation which is intended to...

PPI claim firm has email ad banned

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld two complaints against PPI Claims Management Company...

Home owners to be hit by finance rule change?

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) have warned that a change to accounting...

Freedom Finance acquired

Freedom Finance has been acquired by SOF Annex Fund, as part of the strategic...

Three new standby deals for Crown Mortgage Management

Crown Mortgage Management has signed three new agreements to provide standby administration services to...

LendInvest funds Wet N’ Wild rejuvenation

Peer-to-peer lender LendInvest has funded the multi-million pound redevelopment of Newcastle's Wet N' Wild...

Smart Money offers compliance consultancy

Smart Money is making the services of its compliance department available to introducing brokers...

Enterprise Finance hires five BDMs

Enterprise Finance has announced the addition of five new business development managers to its...

Quarter of exes share loan/credit card debt

According to a new survey conducted on behalf of debt advice and solutions provider...

Trio of payday loan ads banned

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned three payday loan adverts following a complaint...

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Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

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HSBC to cut residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a wide range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

Zephyr Homeloans cuts rates across core buy-to-let offering

Specialist buy-to-let mortgage provider Zephyr Homeloans has unveiled fresh rate reductions across its standard...

Roma Finance supports £3.35m Colchester industrial scheme

Roma Finance has provided £3.35 million to fund phase one of a 23-unit industrial...

L&G strengthens lender relationships with new strategic appointment

Legal & General’s Mortgage Services business has appointed Vicky Windsor as strategic relationship manager...

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