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Alternative finance trouncing Help to Buy

Despite its coverage in the media, Help to Buy was overshadowed four times over...

Loan firm rapped by ad regulator – again

Cash on Go Ltd, which trades as Peachy.co.uk, has fallen foul of the Advertising...

Freedom Finance passes Masthaven milestone

Freedom Finance has become the latest lending partner to reach the £1 million completions...

Debt Advisory Centre outlines rise in payday loan popularity

37% of Debt Advisory Centre’s (DAC) new clients in 2013 owe money to payday...

New credit union: fightback against payday lenders has begun

Mohsin Mehdi, CEO of My Community Bank, has welcomed the decision to impose a...

Government u-turn as it proposes payday loan cap

The coalition government has announced a cap on the cost of a payday loan. The...

P2P lender targets £20m in lending

Rebuildingsociety.com has passed the £1 million borrowing mark following a recent rise in interest...

Smart Money Loans looking to expand

Smart Money Loans (SML) is look to appoint new business development managers and underwriting...

Masthaven cuts loan rates by up to 100bps

Masthaven Secured Loans has launched a new range and reduced key rates by up...

80% of secured lenders report month-on-month lending rise

Loans Warehouse's Secured Loan Index has revealed that second charge lending has exceeded £50,000,000...

Coogan: Help to Buy will boost seconds market

Michael Coogan, the former director general of the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) and...

New funding for Norton Finance

Norton Finance has secured a new financing facility from Royal Bank of Scotland Corporate...

New peer to peer lender launches

Wellesley & Co has become the UK’s first peer to peer lending platform to...

Borro: alternative is now part of the mainstream

Borro has suggested that the term 'alternative lending' is no longer an accurate term. The...

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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...

Top five reasons why renters should consider short-term protection insurance

In an unpredictable world, financial security can often feel like a luxury, especially for renters who may already juggle living expenses, rent payments, and...

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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...

International demand for UK property investment ‘more diverse than expected’

The UK property market is attracting investment from a much broader range of international...