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Masthaven Secured Loans cuts rates while loan sizes rise

Masthaven Secured Loans (MSL) has revamped its core product range, with increased loan sizes...

26 consecutive monthly rises for secured loans volumes

Secured lending in December 2013 exceeded the total amount lent in the same month...

Masthaven Secured Loans rolling out webinar programme

Masthaven Secured Loans (MSL) is to use webinars to help brokers get a clear...

New office and faces for Omni Capital

Omni Capital is to relocate to new premises over the next week. The lender...

New short-term deal from Shawbrook

Shawbrook’s Commercial Mortgages division is entering the heavy refurbishment arena with the launch of...

New Expo for Scotland

Blimey! Loans has revealed that registration is now open for its Mortgage and Finance...

New BoS loan gives customers flexibility

Bank of Scotland has launched a new 'flexible loan'. Customers who take out the new...

Enterprise Finance hires CFO

Enterprise Finance has appointed Emily Gestetner as its chief financial officer. Gestetner has had...

Steady growth in consumer finance new business

Latest data from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show a 6% increase in...

Payday loans funding housing costs

Thousands of Britons are turning to payday loans to hide rent or mortgage problems,...

New BDM for Smart Money Loans

Smart Money Loans (SML) has appointed Ian Cruickshank as its latest business development manager. He...

New Masthaven secured/bridging ‘fusion’ deal

Masthaven Group has unveiled a new hybrid product, which is claims to be a...

Liquidity Central acting as EZBOB’s intermediary distributor

Liquidity Central has announced the launch of a new, exclusive, short term product for...

OFT investigates ex-payday lender

The Office of Fair Trading has confirmed that it is investigating payday lender Web...

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Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

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Gen H launches affordability-focused mortgage scheme

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has announced the launch of New Build Boost, which...

Seven out of 10 homebuyers likely to miss stamp duty deadline

Seven out of 10 (71%) homebuyers with accepted offers expect to miss the 31st...

First-time buyer mortgage sales declined in London over the past decade

First-time buyer mortgage sales in London declined significantly between 2013 and 2023, as increasing...

UTB appoints BDM for the north and Scotland

Fran Arnold has joined the sales team at United Trust Bank Mortgages as business...