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Fall in second charge repossessions

Repossessions made by second-charge mortgage providers were down by 37.21% in the second quarter...

Paragon acquires further RBS loans

The Paragon Group of Companies has acquired further unsecured consumer loans, through its Idem...

Access 4 Finance pleased with introducer interest

Access 4 Finance has revealed that since the launch of its new website and...

Seconds packager sees boosts from new clients and brokers

V Loans has reported a significant rise in enquiries from brokers who are looking...

New intermediary front-end from Shawbrook Bank

Shawbrook Bank says it has streamlined its secured lending process. The lender has launched a...

Money Puzzle opts for the Secured Loan Network

The Secured Loan Network has been chosen to provide its services to the introducers...

Blemain: BTL seconds up 40%

Blemain Finance has claimed that buy-to-let second charge lending has risen by 40% in...

12% rise in secured lending, says new survey

Secured loan lending rose to £150 million in the first six months of 2012,...

Think again about secured loans, brokers told

Brightstar Financial argues more intermediaries should reconsider secured loans as a viable capital raising...

Y3S introduces miLoan 3.0

Y3S has rolled out a new and updated version of miLoanbroker.com to mark the...

Scott Thorpe joins Access 4 Finance

Scott Thorpe has joined Access 4 Finance as a co-owner. Access 4 Finance is a...

FLA hunts for new comms head

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) is recruiting a new head of communications. Incumbent Russell...

Increased trading of mortgage and loan books expected

Rockstead has published results from its survey carried out at the recent Brussels ABS...

Paragon Group acquires more RBS loans

The Paragon Group of Companies has acquired further unsecured consumer loans, through its Idem...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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