Loans

Y3S adds remortgage comparison module to miLoan

Y3S's secured loan sourcing system miloanbroker.com is now offering an integrated module to instantly...

Citizens Advice urges payday loan complaints

Citizens Advice is launching a campaign urging payday loan customers who believe their lender...

Confusion over what peer-to-peer lending is

53% of consumers do not know what peer-to-peer lending is, identifying it as...

UKAR to sell unsecured loan portfolio

UK Asset Resolution Limited (UKAR), the holding company for the government owned businesses of...

Plymouth City Council bans payday loan ads

Plymouth City Council is the first local authority to ban payday loan websites from...

Record month for Freedom Finance

Freedom Finance has reported a record month in June. Last month saw over £10.7...

20th consecutive month of year-on-year monthly growth for seconds

The amount of secured loans lent in between April and June 2013 stands at...

Nationwide cuts loans to lowest ever rate

Nationwide Building Society has cut its personal loan rate for its main current account...

LendInvest completes first block trade of loans

New peer-to-peer mortgage trading platform, LendInvest, has reported the completion of its first 'block...

Smart Money completes BTL secured loan in 96 hours

Smart Money Loans has claimed a record breaking time for completing a £20,000 buy-to-let...

Strong growth for second charge lending

There was a 5% increase in new consumer finance in May 2013, according to...

Positive Lending increases commission

Positive Lending is offering introducers increased commission during July. The Bournemouth-based specialist distributor and packager...

New secured loan lender unveiled

A new secured loan lender, Clearly Loans, has launched today. It will offer loans...

Prestige Finance improves pricing and products

Prestige Finance has announced interest rate reductions on its standard plans and reduced rates...

COMMENT

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

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...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

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...

Latest news

Family Building Society launches BoE tracker mortgages

Family Building Society has launched a new range of Bank of England tracker mortgages...

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Works has reduced buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 0.25 percentage points...

Nationwide cuts mortgage rates for third time this month

Nationwide Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 0.25 percentage points across...

TRM Network promotes Amy Wilson to new propositions role

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has promoted Amy Wilson to the newly created...

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