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Promise offers free web application forms

Secured loan master broker Promise Solutions is now providing its introducers with free web...

Masthaven Secured Loans cuts rates

Masthaven Secured Loans has made "significant" rate reductions across its second charge range. Products now...

16% year-on-year rise in secured lending

Secured lending in 2013 will, by mid-September, surpass the total lending volume for 2012,...

Experienced duo launch new brokerage

The Loan Partnership, a broker specialising in bridging finance, secured loans and development finance,...

Borro introduces new ‘buy’ service

Personal asset lender borro has launched a new service to buy clients’ valuables, such...

Speedy Cash ad banned

Speedy Cash, the trading style of SRC Transatlantic Ltd, has been told by the...

Masthaven Secured Loans hires Paul Brett

Paul Brett has joined Masthaven Secured Loans (MSL) as director of sales. Brett will join...

Billion-pound milestone passed by Shawbrook

Shawbrook Bank has passed the £1 billion barrier in lending to SMEs and personal...

Smart Money Loans sees South East activity boost

Smart Money Loans has seen a sharp rise in business activity in the South...

32% increase in second charge business

New figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show growth of 8% in...

Loans Warehouse hires Michael Coogan

Loans Warehouse has announced the appointment of Michael Coogan as a strategic adviser. Coogan...

Borro to offer concierge facility

Borro has launched a new 'concierge' service for clients of intermediaries. The assset lender says...

AMI welcomes CCL rebate

Following representations made by the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) and the Association...

TBMC offers Shawbrook second charge buy-to-let deal

TBMC has launched a second charge buy-to-let loan with Shawbrook Bank aimed at...

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

Hope Capital expands Shawbrook funding facility

Hope Capital Property Finance has increased its committed funding facility with Shawbrook Bank to...

Pivotal linked to Beneficial Network deal

LSL Property Services is understood to have agreed a deal involving Beneficial mortgage network...

London leads rental growth as supply shortage keeps rents high

London recorded the strongest monthly increase in average rents as demand continued to outstrip...

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

TMG recorded its highest monthly submission volume with MetLife, exceeding its previous record by...

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