Loans

Borro reveals Rolex winner

Borro has announced the winner of its Christmas competition. Simon Boghurst of secured loan specialist,...

Masthaven Secured Loans introduces affordability tool

Masthaven Secured Loans (MSL) has unveiled a new tool for brokers to quickly ascertain...

Shawbrook Bank expands STL desk

Shawbrook Bank has made two additions to its dedicated short term loans (STL) desk. ...

The Money Shop falls fouls of ASA

Instant Cash Loans Ltd (trading as The Money Shop) has been informed one of...

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks cut personal loan rates

Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank have cut the rates for unsecured online personal loans...

The Derbyshire slashes personal loan rate

The Derbyshire Building Society has reduced its personal loan rate to 4.6% APR Representative. The...

Clearly Loans launches in N. Ireland

Clearly Loans has unveiled the first mainstream secured loan product in Northern Ireland since...

Wesleyan targets brokers for medical and legal loan distribution

Wesleyan Bank has launched a new service for finance brokers as it expands its...

‘Largest ever P2P loan’ funds Croydon regeneration project

LendInvest has claimed to have completed the world’s biggest peer-to-peer loan. The peer-to-peer mortgage...

Secured Loan Club established

A club focused on supporting brokers and networks in the sale of secured loans...

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...

COMMENT

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

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Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal...

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

TMG recorded its highest monthly submission volume with MetLife, exceeding its previous record by...

Leek raises earned income age limit to 75

Leek Building Society has introduced eight lending criteria changes covering income, contractors, later-life borrowing...

Coventry cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates for new and...

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