Loans

Secured lending up 1.6% on previous month

The amount in second charges lent between January 2012 and October 2012 is significantly...

Brokers reveal secured loan attitudes

The average UK mortgage broker receives seven secured loan enquiries each year, according to...

New app from Fluent Money

Fluent Money is to launch its first smartphone app, Fluent View, on iTunes on...

Fall in number of second charge repossessions

Repossessions made by second-charge mortgage providers were down by 25.9% in the third quarter...

Festive giveaway from master broker

Loans Warehouse has launched a Christmas competition. All introducers who submit ‘sold’ applications to Loans...

Positive Lending launches Xmas incentive

Positive Lending has unveiled its Christmas reward scheme. For any secured, bridging, commercial, development or...

Office expansion for Masthaven Secured Loans

Masthaven Secured Loans has moved into new premises. The secured loan arm of Masthaven Group...

Borro sees increase in property-based applications

Borro has reported a 183% rise in property related loan applications from customers from...

Borro secures more funding

Borro has announced a new £20 million lending facility through Octopus Investments ("Octopus"). The lender...

OFT consults on suspending credit licences

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is consulting on how it proposes to use...

Omni Capital sets billion-pound lending target

Omni Capital has received backing from its parent in its quest to reach a...

9% month-on-month fall in secured lending

Second change lending in the third quarter of of 2012 reached £98.3m, a 25%...

Payne joins rebuildingsociety.com

Peer-to-business lending platform rebuildingsociety.com has announced the appointment of Nigel Payne, the former managing...

Dragonfly passes redemption milestone

Dragonfly Property Finance says it has now redeemed over £200 million of loans since...

COMMENT

What could shape buy-to-let in 2026 and the impact for advisers

As we move slowly into 2026, the buy-to-let market feels more settled than it has for some time. That does not mean it is...

If pets are protected, why not families?

I’ve heard many advisers say that protection insurance has ‘gone to the dogs’, but it appears that this viewpoint is literal as opposed to...

2026 will see the normalisation of AI across the mortgage industry

As we look ahead to 2026, there is one word that sits at the heart of how I feel about the mortgage industry: opportunity....

Starting well is easy… staying well is the work

January often arrives with good intentions. Fresh starts. New habits. A quiet promise to ourselves that this year will be different. And for many people,...

From one-off deal to lifetime client: why protection reviews keep you connected

When I first started out in the mortgage industry, I used to think the relationship naturally tapered off once a customer completed on their...

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Access FS mortgage division posts 38% revenue rise after specialist packaging launch

Access Financial Services said its mortgage division delivered revenue growth of 38% year on...

MAB integrates LiveMore Mortgage Matcher into adviser platform

Mortgage Advice Bureau has partnered with later life lender LiveMore to integrate the LiveMore...

Opus First Media launches Bridging Soup

Opus First Media has expanded its specialist publishing portfolio with the launch of Bridging...

Record January price jump signals early 2026 confidence boost

UK house asking prices posted their strongest ever January rise as buyer confidence rebounded...

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