Loans

miLoan registers 5,000 brokers

Y3S has reported a landmark in the history of its sourcing system miloanbroker.com following...

OFT outlines guidance on power to suspend credit licences

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published guidance which sets out how and...

Borro hires senior vice president

Borro has appointed Chris Willis as senior vice president. Willis comes from Seatwave, the...

John Mawdsley joins V Loans

V Loans has appointed John Mawdsley to lead its business development and strategic partners...

Post credit crunch secured loan high for January

£30.1 million in secured loans was lent to in January, according to figures from...

New secured loan against endowment policy launched

Close Brothers has unveiled a bank loan product which lets people with endowments that...

New Premier Plus deals from Shawbrook Bank

Shawbrook Bank has launched two new additions to its Premier Plus range. The lender has...

Second charge repossessions down

Repossessions made by second-charge mortgage providers were down by 24.1% in 2012 compared with...

Borro appoints chairman

Borro has appointed Nigel Morris as chairman. Morris was a co-founder of Capital One...

New hire for Smart Money Loans

Smart Money Loans has announced the appointment of David Orr as its latests sales...

Strong end to 2012 for secured lending

There was a 6% rise in consumer credit lending last year. Latest figures, released today...

Shawbrook offers 95% LTV second change

Shawbrook Bank has unveiled a 95% LTV secured loan product designed for employed homeowners....

Enterprise in exclusive tie-in with Connells

Enterprise Finance has entered into a partnership with the national estate agency chain, Connells. The...

Masthaven Secured Loans completes first Scottish case

The first secured loan north of the border for Masthaven Secured Loans (MSL)...

COMMENT

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

Latest news

Private rental sector ‘losing 562 properties a day’

The private rental sector is losing properties at its fastest rate since records began...

CHL Mortgages launches limited edition buy-to-let range and eases criteria

CHL Mortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range alongside a series of criteria...

ModaMortgages launches fee-free limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition range of two-year and five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let products...

Conveyancer decline adds to capacity pressure as exchange times lengthen

The number of solicitors working in residential conveyancing has continued to fall as separate...

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