Loans

Selina Finance launches pre-consent funding

Selina Finance is now allowing loans to be funded without receiving first charge consent...

Flexibility and affordability make second charge mortgages appealing

Second charge mortgages have become a natural next step for many clients looking to...

Pepper Money launches Consent to Follow with second charges

Pepper Money has launched Consent to Follow on its second charge mortgages, enabling the...

21Finance launches specialist packager service

21Finance has unveiled a packager service dedicated to the broker market concentrating on whole...

West One Loans cuts second charge mortgage rates

West One Loans has reduced rates by up to 77 basis points on its...

Envelop reports longer-term specialist business uplift from rebrand

Envelop has reported a "substantial" uplift in the amount of longer-term specialist business written...

Norton Group unveils new director of compliance

Norton Group has recruited Marc Howson as director of compliance. He is tasked with overseeing...

Spring Finance hires head of sales for second charges

Spring Finance has appointed Paul Carley as its head of sales for second charge...

United Trust Bank unveils new trackers and rate reductions

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has announced a series of changes and...

The Loan Partnership completes second charge in 13 days

The Loan Partnership has recently completed a second charge mortgage for a customer in...

Paradigm adds Crystal Specialist Finance to panel

Paradigm has announced the addition of Crystal Specialist Finance to its distribution panel. Crystal...

Evolution Money joins Freedom Finance seconds panel

Freedom Finance has added Evolution Money to its secured loans lending panel. Secured loans from...

West One hails July as record month for originations

West One Loans has reported a record month for originations in July. The specialist lender...

Pepper Money appoints second charge sales director

Pepper Money has appointed Ryan McGrath as its second charge sales director. McGrath (pictured)...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

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First-time buyers face greatest risk as mortgage turmoil grips market

First-time buyers are the most exposed group in the housing market as mortgage withdrawals...

One month before rental reforms, landlords and tenants face a new legal landscape

Landlords and tenants in England are being urged to prepare for the first phase...

ONP Solicitors moves Cardiff office as headcount doubles

ONP Solicitors has moved its Cardiff office to larger premises in the city centre...

The Exeter reports rise in HealthWise app use as remote GP demand leads growth

The Exeter said usage of its HealthWise app increased across all core services in...

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