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

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...

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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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