Loans

21Finance launches specialist packager service

21Finance has unveiled a packager service dedicated to the broker market concentrating on whole...

West One Loans cuts second charge mortgage rates

West One Loans has reduced rates by up to 77 basis points on its...

Envelop reports longer-term specialist business uplift from rebrand

Envelop has reported a "substantial" uplift in the amount of longer-term specialist business written...

Norton Group unveils new director of compliance

Norton Group has recruited Marc Howson as director of compliance. He is tasked with overseeing...

Spring Finance hires head of sales for second charges

Spring Finance has appointed Paul Carley as its head of sales for second charge...

United Trust Bank unveils new trackers and rate reductions

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has announced a series of changes and...

The Loan Partnership completes second charge in 13 days

The Loan Partnership has recently completed a second charge mortgage for a customer in...

Paradigm adds Crystal Specialist Finance to panel

Paradigm has announced the addition of Crystal Specialist Finance to its distribution panel. Crystal...

Evolution Money joins Freedom Finance seconds panel

Freedom Finance has added Evolution Money to its secured loans lending panel. Secured loans from...

West One hails July as record month for originations

West One Loans has reported a record month for originations in July. The specialist lender...

Pepper Money appoints second charge sales director

Pepper Money has appointed Ryan McGrath as its second charge sales director. McGrath (pictured)...

Spring Finance revises second charge offering

Specialist lender Spring Finance has made changes to its second charge product range. The...

FFML appoints commercial director

Freedom Finance Mortgages Ltd (FFML) has announced the promotion of Gareth Wallace to commercial...

Together appoints group chief operating officer

Specialist lender Together has appointed John Barker as the group’s chief operating officer. In his...

COMMENT

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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The Cambridge relaunches interest-only fixed rate mortgages

The Cambridge has relaunched a selection of fixed rate mortgage products, including interest-only options...

Vernon BS adds free legals to selected remortgage deals

Vernon Building Society has partnered with Optimus to introduce a free legals service on...

Paragon launches tailored buy-to-let service for complex cases

Paragon Bank has launched a Tailored service to support buy-to-let mortgage applications that fall...

Castle Trust Bank adds AVMs to buy-to-let applications

Castle Trust Bank has introduced automated valuation models on eligible buy-to-let cases as part...

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