Loans

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...

Promise adds unsecured lender to panel

Promise Solutions has added another lender to its introducer panel. The latest addition is unsecured...

COMMENT

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

Build, baby, build? Well we will need to fund more than the usual suspects

There was a noticeable sense of optimism at UKREiiF this year. That may sound surprising given the economic headwinds of recent years, but the...

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s no excuse to ignore it. When a UK borrower reaches 55,...

How small and medium-sized lenders can fix the origination headache

We are constantly told that to fix the mortgage journey, we need to rip everything out and start again. That unless a lender replaces its...

A new PM brings a new opportunity to rethink housing policy

Politics, as it seems to do in recent times, has moved at remarkable speed over the last couple of weeks. In what feels like...

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MT Finance latest firm to offer World Cup time off

As mortgage firms gear up for England’s 1am World Cup clash against Mexico on...

Broker optimism grows as sub-4% rates edge closer

A series of mortgage rate cuts from lenders this week has sparked optimism among...

Renters face higher costs amid strong demand

Two in three (63%) recent movers ended up paying more rent than planned, as...

ModaMortgages cuts rates across limited-edition BTL range

ModaMortgages has announced a reprice of its limited-edition buy-to-let range, with rate reductions across...

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