Loans

19th consecutive month of year-on-year growth for seconds

Loans Warehouse's lastest secured loans index has revealed that secured lending last month was...

Minority stake taken in Enterprise Finance

Enterprise Finance has announced a significant minority stake investment by David Campbell, who joins...

Montello heads unveil peer-to-peer loan platform

Christian Faes and Ian Thomas, two of the principals from Montello Capital Partners, have...

Smart Money Loans on the hunt for staff in the south

Smart Money Loans (SML) is looking to recruit experienced relationship management and development managers...

SBSLS adds Nemo Personal Finance to secured panel

Sesame Bankhall Specialist Lending Services (SBSLS) has announced the addition of secured loan lender...

British Grand Prix tickets up for grabs

Specialist lending packager and distributor Positive Lending is offering the chance to win one...

Large rise in introduced business for borro

Borro has revealed that it now has over 2,000 intermediaries signed up to its...

Colonial behind largest Shawbrook secured loan

Colonial Secured Loans has reported that it has just completed Shawbrook’s largest ever secured...

The Loans Engine launches new broker survey

Secured loans master broker The Loans Engine has unveiled its inaugural broker survey. The...

Decidedly un-peachy verdict on payday loan ad

A payday lender has been told not to repeat one of its radio adverts...

Borro sees rise in supercars being used as loan security

Supercars are being used as collateral for loans, according to borro, the personal asset...

Smart Money Loans sees near doubling of loan sizes in Scotland

Smart Money Loans (SML) has reported a sharp increase in the average value of...

Michelle Blair joins the Loans Engine

The Loans Engine has appointed Michelle Blair as a business development manager. Blair has...

Strong April for secured lending

Secured loan lending in April was up 15.21% on the previous month, according to...

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

LEASE launches lease extension cost tool

The Leasehold Advisory Service has launched a free online tool enabling leaseholders to check...

Vida mortgage lending more than doubles to £840m

Vida Group Holdings increased gross mortgage lending to £840m during the first half of...

Affordability blocking housing recovery

Improving confidence is encouraging buyers back into the housing market but affordability remains the...

Mortgage rate reversal wipes out July cuts

Average mortgage rates increased during July, reversing the reductions recorded a month earlier, according...

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