Loans

New short-term deal from Shawbrook

Shawbrook’s Commercial Mortgages division is entering the heavy refurbishment arena with the launch of...

New Expo for Scotland

Blimey! Loans has revealed that registration is now open for its Mortgage and Finance...

New BoS loan gives customers flexibility

Bank of Scotland has launched a new 'flexible loan'. Customers who take out the new...

Enterprise Finance hires CFO

Enterprise Finance has appointed Emily Gestetner as its chief financial officer. Gestetner has had...

Steady growth in consumer finance new business

Latest data from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show a 6% increase in...

Payday loans funding housing costs

Thousands of Britons are turning to payday loans to hide rent or mortgage problems,...

New BDM for Smart Money Loans

Smart Money Loans (SML) has appointed Ian Cruickshank as its latest business development manager. He...

New Masthaven secured/bridging ‘fusion’ deal

Masthaven Group has unveiled a new hybrid product, which is claims to be a...

Liquidity Central acting as EZBOB’s intermediary distributor

Liquidity Central has announced the launch of a new, exclusive, short term product for...

OFT investigates ex-payday lender

The Office of Fair Trading has confirmed that it is investigating payday lender Web...

Funding Circle passes major milestone

UK investors have now lent more than £200m to UK businesses through Funding Circle...

Lederhosen secured loan ad banned

Loans 2 Go has been told by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) not to...

Masthaven Secured Loans appoints underwriting manager

Masthaven has appointed Sarah Phillips as underwriting manager for its secured loans business. Phillips’s appointment...

Over 65s look to borrow to supplement retirement income

Key Retirement Solutions has claimed that up to one in five over-65s have borrowed...

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....

Latest news

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...

Rely cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

Rely has reduced rates by up to 25 basis points across a range of...

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