Loans

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...
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Homebuying

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...
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Broker optimism grows as sub-4% rates edge closer

A series of mortgage rate cuts from lenders this week has sparked optimism among...
Buy-to-let

Renters face higher costs amid strong demand

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

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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