Loans

Promise backs Spring Finance’s criteria

Master broker Promise Solutions has praised the new terms from Spring Finance as a...

HNW Lending to lend against £1m+ property

Alternative lender HNW Lending it is to provide its service against residential property worth...

ThinCats expands into new territories

ThinCats, the peer to peer lender which offers secured loans, has launched joint ventures...

Funding Circle offers summer promotion

Funding Circle is offering a "double headed" summer giveaway for introducers. Every introducer has the...

21% rise in second charge new business

Figures published by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that new business grew...

Borro to host World Cup event

Borro is hosting an intermediary networking event for the start of the 2014 World...

Shawbrook posts profit and reveals acquisition

Shawbrook Bank has reported a pre-tax profit of £16.8m for the year ending 31st...

PPI claim firm falls foul of ad watchdog

Harwood Claims Management Ltd, trading as ReclaimPPIToday, has been told by the Advertising Standards...

Pancredit helps with large loan book divestment

Pancredit, the provider of loan administration and intelligent software solutions for lenders, has been...

MSL strengthens underwriting team

Masthaven Secured Loans (MSL) has appointed Krystle Clark to its underwriting department. Clark has 12...

Teens put faith in banks despite parents’ mistrust

Almost half of teenagers trust banks more than their own parents for financial advice,...

P2P lender seeks new investors to fund growth

HNW Lending, the new peer-to-peer alternative lender that provides individual loans of between £60,000...

Under a third plan debt consolidation

29% of people with multiple unsecured debts, such as credit cards, overdrafts and loans,...

Loan ad banned following MoneySavingExpert complaint

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a leaflet from payday lender Speedy Cash. The...

COMMENT

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

What building the future means for mortgages

Earlier this month I attended the Abundance 360 summit in Los Angeles, Peter Diamandis’s annual gathering of entrepreneurs, scientists, tech CEOs and investors who are,...

Five things brokers across the country are telling me right now

The thing I’ve always enjoyed most about working in the specialist mortgage market is the people. I’m lucky that a big part of my job...

The FCA has made the case for holistic mortgage advice

Last Thursday, the head of the FCA stood up at the JP Morgan Pensions and Savings Symposium and dropped a line that deserves more...

Technology’s biggest challenge is not the one you think

There is a version of the mortgage technology story that gets told at conferences and in trade press with some regularity. It involves platforms, disruption...

Latest news

Millions unclear on cost of credit as gaps in financial understanding persist

Millions of UK adults are using credit without fully understanding borrowing costs or how...

UK house price growth slows as London slips into decline

HM Land Registry’s latest UK House Price Index shows the average property price across...

FCA to extend conduct rules to cover bullying and harassment

Mortgage brokers, lenders and other regulated firms will have to tighten their internal conduct...

Solar and heat pump rules could push up mortgage prices

New rules forcing developers to install solar panels and low-carbon heating systems on most...

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