Loans

Repeat customers fuel borro’s business

Personal asset lender borro has revealed that 46% of its customer base is made...

Surveyor shortage hitting seconds

Blemain Group has urged the property industry to work to solve the problem of...

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...

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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Paragon Bank appoints business development manager for Scotland

Paragon Bank has appointed Holly Morrison as a Business Development Manager (BDM) for Scotland. Morrison...

GB Bank cuts rates across core BTL range

GB Bank has reduced rates across its Buy-to-Let (BTL) core range, with rates now...

Vision Money renews Stonebridge membership in long-term agreement

Vision Money has extended its relationship with Stonebridge after signing a new long-term agreement...

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...

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