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Consumer credit grows for fourth month in a row

April was the fourth consecutive month of overall year-on-year growth in consumer credit provided...

Blemain Group to relocate

Blemain Group is to move offices to ‘Lake View’ Cheadle Royal Business Park on...

N. Ireland second charge completed

Loans Warehouse has recently completed the first secured loan in Northern Ireland since the...

Brightstar partners with Positive Solutions

Positive Solutions has appointed Brightstar Financial as partner of choice for its IFA Partners. ...

Brits want tougher payday loan regulation

68% of the British population want stricter regulation on advertising of payday loans, according...

Brokers still missing out on alternative revenue streams

Y3S has expressed concern that many mortgage brokers are missing out on lucrative earning...

Promise to help with complex cases

Promise Solutions is to offer advice and packaging services for brokers with their more...

Brokers praise Promise Solutions’ Punjabi and Urdu service

Promise Solutions says it has been praised for its creation of a Punjabi and...

Pay-day loan advert banned

Pay-day loan provider WageDayAdvance Ltd has been told not to repeat its television advert. ...

V Loans offers referral service

V Loans is offering a reward scheme to introducers who recommend other intermediaries to...

Promise for extra commission on large secured loans

Promise Solutions says it is paying introducers an extra £300 on larger loan referrals...

Gradual improvement in consumer credit markets: FLA

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) says figures for the first quarter of the...

Ocean Finance joins Prospector loans panel

Finance broker Ocean Finance is offering secured loans to intermediary clients through TrigoldCrystal’s Prospector...

Borro sees large leap in property related loan apps

Borro has reported a 661% rise in property related loan applications from customers over...

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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