Loans

Dragonfly breaks £1bn barrier

Dragonfly Property Finance says it has now lent over £1bn of lending since its...

Skipton sells HML

Skipton Building Society has announced the sale of Homeloan Management Limited (HML), its mortgage...

Thomas Jefferson joins loan provider

Borro has announced an addition to its management team with the appointment of Thomas...

Majority expect rate rise over next 12 months

Legal & General’s latest Mortgage Mood survey has revealed that 68% of homeowners fear...

Logbook lenders “driving people into debt”

Citizens Advice has raised concerns that people taking out logbook loans are overloaded with...

H1 2014 secured lending up 33% year-on-year

Loans Warehouse has reported that the first half of 2014 saw secured lending volumes...

Helping portfolios grow with property refurbishment loans

The refurbishment lending market has seen a recent boost with property investors and homeowners...

New loan comparison tool to launch

Master broker Promise Solutions is to launch a new comparison system this week that...

UTB to launch professional lending deal

United Trust Bank has appointed Kevin Flowerday to launch a new professional...

Lack of awareness of alternative finance

12% of small and medium sized businesses who were refused bank funding didn’t seek...

SimplyBiz Mortgages unveils unsecured loan offering

SimplyBiz Mortgages has selected existing partner, The Loans Engine, as its preferred provider,...

Funding Circle secures major investment

Funding Circle has raised $65 million in a Series D funding round led by...

APAC Systems launches “ultimate generic application form”

A new cloud based platform has launched which combines the criteria and application questions...

Citizens Advice wants more STL choice

As the Financial Conduct Authority proposes to stop the overall cost of a payday...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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