Loans

Borro launches new TV ad

Short-term asset lender borro has launched a follow up to its initial TV advertising...

Y3S makes miLoanbroker.com open access

Y3S has updated its miLoanbroker.com secured loan sourcing system, opening it up to all...

Coogan outlines implications of FCA consumer credit proposals

Michael Coogan, former Council of Mortgage Lenders' director general and now strategic adviser to...

Secured lending has already exceeded 2012 total

For the 23rd month in succession, September saw secured lending grow year on year,...

Blemain launches Broker of the Month awards

Blemain Group has introduced a new award scheme designed to recognise the quality of...

Promise team to assist ‘novice’ loan introducers

Loan master broker Promise Solutions has set up a new department specifically to help...

FLA: secured loan market continues to grow

There was a growth of 6% in consumer finance provided by Finance & Leasing...

Positive to pay upfront valuation costs on Shawbrook BTL seconds

Positive Lending is to pay for upfront valuation costs associated with Shawbrook secured loans...

Precise Mortgages to move into secured loans

Precise Mortgages has made a number of appointments ahead of its launch into...

Paragon acquires HSBC loan book

The Paragon Group of Companies has acquired a portfolio of non-performing personal unsecured and...

Wonga falls foul of ASA

Wonga has been told it must not repeat one of its adverts. A radio ad...

Clearly Loans improves lending criteria

Secured loan lender Clearly Loans has enhanced its lending criteria. The lender was launched by...

Borro hires replacement for Paul Brett

Personal asset lender borro has appointed Chris Willis to run the intermediary partnerships programme....

New additions take Shawbrook’s strategic partners to 32

Shawbrook Bank has added two new brokerages to its Strategic Partner programme and expanded...
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Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

What building the future means for mortgages

Earlier this month I attended the Abundance 360 summit in Los Angeles, Peter Diamandis’s annual gathering of entrepreneurs, scientists, tech CEOs and investors who are,...

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MorganAsh launches calculator to help firms estimate scale of customer vulnerability

MorganAsh has launched a calculator designed to help financial services firms gauge how many...
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Average mortgage rate reaches 5.50% as market reprices

The average mortgage rate tracked by Moneyfacts has climbed to 5.50% for the first...
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RSM UK urges action as house price growth stalls and transactions fall

RSM UK is calling for stamp duty reform and more support for first-time buyers...
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Clydesdale Bank raises selected residential and buy-to-let rates

Clydesdale Bank is increasing a number of residential and buy-to-let product transfer rates from...

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