Loans

Almost half of all borrowers use ‘non-traditional’ finance

Latest research for Debt Advisory Centre reveals that 45.4% of consumers use one or...

Metro Bank unveils professional loan

Metro Metro Bank has announced the launch of its new Professional Studies Loan Scheme...

Tenet explains position over consumer credit regulation

In light of the Financial Conduct Authority taking over responsibility for regulating consumer credit...

Nearly 30% cleared all debts over past year

Latest figures from Equifax suggest that consumers are managing their debts despite the cost...

£149m to be repaid following credit agreement failings

17 banks and building societies have agreed to repay over an estimated £149 million...

Interim permissions vital, says packager

Secured loan packager V Loans has warned brokers that even though they might have...

Budget includes “huge win” for P2P lending

The Budget included news from the Chancellor that peer-to-peer lending will be included in...

“Irrefutable” growth for secured lending

February 2014 marks the 28th month in a row of year on year growth...

Purdy to join Shawbrook’s secured lending arm

Shawbrook Bank's senior relationship manager Paula Purdy will be changing roles within the...

Precise completes its largest secured loan

Precise Mortgages has completed on a £500,000 secured loan. It was brokered by Joe...

Call for surveyor fast-tracking to ease shortage

A shortage of surveyors is continuing to put pressure on the secured loan sector...

New funding line for Capital Bridging Finance

Capital Bridging Finance has announced that following its acquisition by Omni Partners LLP, it...

LendInvest completes tranche loan deal

Peer-to-peer mortgage lending platform, LendInvest, has has completed a peer-to-peer loan which was split...

Brokers want short-term loans to last longer

Capital Bridging Finance has found, a year on from its first broker survey, that...

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Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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