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Tough Mudder challenge for Masthaven boss

Andrew Bloom, managing director of Masthaven Group Ltd, the bridging and second charge lenders,...

Rebrand for Smart Money Loans

Smart Money Loans has rebranded as Smart Money with a new logo and sales...

MSL secures funding line from RBS

Masthaven Secured Loans (MSL) has reported the establishment of its first bank funding line,...

More people applying for credit than last year

39% of adults in the UK applied for at least one form of credit...

Citizens Advice: payday loans lead to “long term nightmare”

One in four people coming to Citizens Advice have a debt problem, the charity...

Report calls for anti-payday loan levy

A one-off levy of £450m on Britain’s £180bn consumer credit industry could create enough...

New hire for Norton Broker Services

Norton Broker Services has recruited Andrew Bonner to join Neil Organ and Lee Schofield...

Strong rise in secured lending

Loans Warehouse's latest secured loans index has reported a month-on-month increase of nearly 19%...

Shawbrook hires STL manager

Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division has recruited Andy Thurston to the position of short...

Nemo MD steps down

Phil Jones, managing director of Nemo Personal Finance, has stepped down after nine years. The...

Universal Cover criteria extended

British Money, the firm behind the newly-launched protection policy Universal Cover, has extended its...

Fall in FCA complaints

Barclays Bank Plc has once again topped the table for complaints. The bank received...

Y3S passes £3m mark with MSL

Masthaven Secured Loans (MSL) has revealed that packager partner, Y3S, has passed the £3...

Ezbob unveils ‘broker interface’ facility

Ezbob, the online short term commercial lender, has announced the launch of a new...
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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...

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Property sector must embrace long-term reform to withstand global shocks, says OPDA

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has called on the government to adopt a...
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Rent rises hold steady as UK house price growth slows

Private rents across the UK rose at the same annual rate in February, while...
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Movera reports rise in completions as expansion gathers pace

Home moving group Movera has reported a sharp increase in activity across its conveyancing...
Technology

NatWest begins digital mortgage completions with PEXA rollout

NatWest is now actively transacting on PEXA’s digital property platform, marking a key step...

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