Loans

Borro adds handbag loan facility

Borro has introduced a new service for clients who have invested in luxury handbags...

Widespread support for payday loan cap

84% of adults in the UK are in support of government plans to introduce...

New offices for Brightstar

Brightstar Financial has just opened its new purpose built offices in Billericay, Essex. Office space...

Y3S added to Precise panel

Y3S has become the latest appointment to Precise’s panel of master brokers. The...

Brits struggling to improve credit ratings

New research by Confused.com has revealed that nearly six million (12%) of adults in...

APFA wants improved clarity around consumer credit activity

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has responded to the Financial Conduct Authority...

Citizens Advice slams payday lending ads

Citizens Advice has said payday lenders are ‘unashamedly’ using advertising to ‘prey on poorer...

Brits keeping debts from loved ones

More than one fifth of UK adults have secret debts they’re hiding from their...

Omni funds stately home development

Omni Capital has provided multi-million pound funding for an historic Surrey stately home once...

Property ‘boom’ benefits P2P player

A new peer-to-peer lender has piggybacked on the UK's rising house prices, it has...

Strong finish for Prestige

Prestige Finance says is finishing 2013 with a loan book that is growing fast...

Smart Money Loans completes largest Masthaven deals

Smart Money Loans has announced the completion of the largest loans yet for Masthaven...

Savers urged to consider P2P

Responding to BoE reports that UK savers have taken £23bn out of long-term savings...

PPI claim firm sees text ad banned

An Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) adjudication has gone against Debt Specialists Ltd. A text message,...

COMMENT

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

AI for brokers: the three lines you should never cross

Most AI advice aimed at advisers is either breathless hype or vague caution. Here is something you can actually act on: a practical way...

Hobson’s Choice: Which root canal treatment would you prefer, Sir?

Now that Andy Pandy from ‘oop norf’ is de facto the Prime Minister elect and will shortly be choosing the colour scheme of No...

Buy-to-let: reality versus a much-peddled narrative

Every few months, it seems, another report emerges suggesting buy-to-let no longer stacks up as an investment proposition. The headlines are often dramatic, the...

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Gen H and Just Mortgages tool to help shared ownership borrowers move to full ownership

Just Mortgages and Gen H have introduced a new calculator designed to help shared...

Advice boosts women’s confidence in long-term financial planning

Women are more likely to manage household finances than longer-term wealth decisions, although financial...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated...

Mortgage rates have surged since Brexit vote, says L&C

The cost of borrowing has risen sharply in the decade since the UK voted...

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