Loans

Successful new funding round for borro

Borro has raised £16 million in funding, led by Canaan Partners, a global venture...

Omni Capital partners with boutique brokerage for ‘jumbo’ deals

Omni Capital and Arc & Co have joined forces to complete back-to-back second-charge bridging...

Second charge brokers to benefit from interest-only demise

The continuing squeeze on interest-only customers means they need brokers more than ever to...

Three new hires for Enterprise

Enterprise Finance has made a trio of appointments. Paul Huxter joins Enterprise as a business...

Equifinance provides boost to Promise with larger loans

Master broker Promise Solutions is offering more satellite packaging agencies to experienced loan packagers. This...

Niche FS to hold seminar at Madjeski Stadium

Niche Financial Solutions is to host a free seminar with a pair of its...

Access 4 Finance boosts commission

Access 4 Finance has improved its commission structure. Any new case submitted from the...

Shawbrook move “a shot in the arm” for secured loans

Brightstar Financial believes the second charge market as a whole will benefit from Shawbrook...

Positive outlook from Credit Conditions survey

The availability of secured credit to households was reported to have increased significantly in...

Payday lender has TV ad banned

The Money Shop has been told by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) that its...

Wellers Auctioneers & Valuers to provide borro loans

Borro has agreed a deal with Wellers, the Chertsey and Guildford based auctioneers and...

OFT imposes requirements on log book loan business

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has granted Hermes Property Services Ltd the right...

Y3S recognised for company growth

Y3S Loans has been listed as a Welsh Fast Growth 50 company. The annual FG50...

New loan facility from borro

Borro has launched a consignment loans service. A consignment loan will allow borrowers to raise...

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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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...

Rents fall over 2025 for first time on record

Rents across Great Britain fell over the course of 2025 for the first time...

The Cambridge lifts LTV on expat and holiday let buy-to-let mortgages

The Cambridge Building Society has increased the maximum loan-to-value on two specialist buy-to-let ranges...

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