Loans

The Loans Engine in tie-up with SimplyBiz Mortgages

The Loans Engine has partnered with SimplyBiz Mortgages. Members of SimplyBiz Mortgages will now have...

42-month high for secured lending

Second charge lending figures are at a four-year peak with over £36,000,000...

Masthaven’s secured lending grows by one-third

Masthaven Secured Loans has reported that its new secured loan volumes were up 33%...

New second charge BTL deal from Shawbrook Bank

Shawbrook Bank has introduced a new second charge buy-to-let product, designed to help customers...

Promise upgrades its sourcing portal

Promise Solutions has introduced a new version of its secured loan sourcing portal,...

Auction Finance reduces rates

Auction Finance has launched two new bridging loan products at its lowest ever rates. The...

Y3S launches Loans Insider magazine

Y3S Group has unveiled a new industry magazine for the UK’s financial intermediaries, called...

Secured loan and credit card APRs compared

The average APR of a secured loan is now "much cheaper" than average APR...

Monthly increase in secured lending of 5%

February 2012, which was a post credit crunch record itself, saw £26,000,000 lent...

Positive Lending and UTB behind Silverstone F1 competition

Specialist lending packager and distributor Positive Lending and United Trust Bank are offering the...

Y3S helps Shawbrook complete largest loan

Shawbrook Bank has completed on a £330,000 secured loan, its largest to date. ...

OFT revokes payday lender’s licence

Online payday lender, MCO Capital has had its consumer credit licence revoked by the...

Promise offers unsecured loan facility

Promise Solutions has unveiled an online unsecured loan facility for its introducing brokers. Interest rates...

Brightstar holds second Masthaven lender day

Brightstar Financial is holding its second Lender Day in association with Masthaven Bridging and...

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

Remortgage searches rise 7% in July

Residential remortgage searches increased by 7% during July as purchase and buy-to-let activity weakened,...

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...

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