Loans

Funding Circle to go on the road

Funding Circle, the online marketplace for business loans, has provided details of its first...

Masthaven Secured Loans enhances broker support

Masthaven Secured Loans has made further improvements to its broker support service. The upgrades have...

Central Trust expands UK product availability

Central Trust has move to is extend the reach of its products and services...

Secured loan business boost expected from FCA regime

A new survey has found that 88% of brokers are anticipating to write more...

Roving underwriter for Prestige

Prestige Finance has appointed Janet Frame as a roving underwriter. The secured loan lender, which...

Omni Capital targets high end development projects

Omni Capital is offering a new development funding deal. The product is designed for...

Prestige expands underwriting team

Prestige Finance has announced the appointment of underwriting personnel to support its planned growth...

Y3S seeks to use drones

Secured loan packager Y3S is in discussions to adopt a new type of technology...

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...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Latest news

PMS reports double-digit growth in mortgages and protection

PMS Mortgage Club says it is on course for its strongest performance in five...

Property firms urged to engage early with digital home-moving reforms

Property professionals have been urged to start testing digital home-moving processes now rather than...

DPMSG launches consumer guide to Smart Property Data

The Digital Property Market Steering Group has launched a consumer-focused video explaining how Smart...

Together joins Equity Release Council as later life market broadens

Together has become a member of the Equity Release Council as the specialist lender...

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