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Q&A: Lisa Muscroft, head of loan broking, Norton Broker Services

BestAdvice fires the questions at Lisa Muscroft, head of loan broking, Norton Broker Services. Best...

Almost all brokers expect specialist mortgage market growth

Amid an uncertain economic climate fuelled by a growing cost of living crisis and...

Second charge data reflecting economic landscape

Evolution Money, the second-charge lending specialist, has published the latest results from its quarterly...

Together posts pre-tax profit of £162.7m

Together Financial Services Limited has announced its results for the year ended 30 June...

Loans Warehouse sees fall in 85% LTV second charge lending

Loans Warehouse has stated that second charge lending totalled £166.5 million in August 2022,...

Regulated firms ‘wasting time’ on manual identity checks

Regulated firms using manual methods of verification to onboard new individual customers are wasting...

Norton Home Loans partners with Connect for Intermediaries

Norton Home Loans has partnered with Connect for Intermediaries, providing members of the network...

Second charges – first choice for debt consolidation?

According to The Money Charity, as of June 2022 average credit card debt in...

West One Loans makes second charge team appointments

West One Loans has bolstered its second charge team with a series of new...

Brits have lack of confidence in financial management

80% of respondents to a survey from specialist lender Hodge aren’t confident in managing...

7.7m homeowners face unsecured loan cost increases

Homeowners are likely to spend an additional £1.6bn in interest payments on unsecured loans...

Evolution Money completes inaugural securitisation

Second charge lending firm, Evolution Money, has announced the successful completion of the Group’s...

29% year-on-year rise in second charge completions

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported continued growth in the second charge...

BoE sets interest rates at highest level for 13 years

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted by XXXXX to increase...
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Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

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