Loans

Masthaven chooses Phoebus Software solution

Masthaven Secured Loans (MSL) has adopted Phoebus Software’s secured loans origination and servicing solutions...

Over a million Brits turn to payday lenders

Santander has claimed the 28% of people in the UK are borrowing money to...

100% deals offered

Promise Solutions has unveiled a loan which enables its introducers to arrange 100% borrowing...

Blemain Group secured significant funding

The Blemain Group has secured a £640 million three-year banking facility to help existing...

New proposition from Niche Financial Solutions

Niche Financial Solutions is running a prize draw to celebrate the launch of...

Business opportunities from seconds being shunned?

A well-known packager has claimed that brokers are missing a trick by not considering...

House purchase unsecured loan available from Norton

Norton Broker Services is now offering a new exclusive unsecured loan product that can...

Brightstar added to Masthaven’s seconds panel

Brightstar Financial has joined the panel of new secured loans lender Masthaven Secured Loans. The...

Paragon acquires MBNA portfolio

The Paragon Group of Companies has acquired a further portfolio of closed UK consumer...

Masthaven seconds now available through Promise

Promise Solutions has added Masthaven secured loans to its sourcing system. Brokers can now source...

Licence revoked of second charge/bridging lender

Reddy Corporation Ltd has had its credit licence revoked by the Office of Fair...

Billions of debt hidden from loved ones

£41 billion of debt is being hidden by people in relationships from their partners,...

Promise expands secured loan offering

Promise has added another secured loan product to its sourcing platform. The latest offering is...

Rise in secured loan lending

Secured loan lending in July broke the £30 million for the first time since...

COMMENT

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...

2026 forecasts: why advice will matter even more this year

As we move into 2026, mortgage rules are changing and the aim is clear to make it easier for borrowers to speak to lenders,...

Limited company buy-to-let moves centre stage

The 2025 Budget will be remembered for many things, but the slip-up that ironically saw the Office for Budget Responsibility figures released minutes before...

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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...

Direct authorisation retreats as networks consolidate their grip on advice market

New FCA data points to a widening structural divide between directly authorised firms and...

Early January sees sharp rise in demand for home mover services

Demand for home mover services jumped sharply in the first half of January, with...

Coventry targets energy-efficient buy-to-let with new intermediary range

Coventry for intermediaries has launched a new range of buy-to-let products aimed at landlords...

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