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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...

Norton Home Loans appoints head of sales

Norton Home Loans has promoted David Binney to the position of head of sales. ...

Second charges: source criteria to make informed decisions

We know from our conversations with mortgage brokers that the cost of living situation...

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The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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Buyer demand stabilises but mortgage market remains cautious

The UK housing market may be showing early signs of stabilisation but mortgage brokers...

Cooling rents could ease affordability pressures for first-time buyers

Slower rental growth and improving affordability across much of the UK could provide some...

ABS 2026 review: Global and UK issues cool the market

It’s that time of the year again when the world of wholesale funding descends...

HomeOwners Alliance appoints Sarah Tucker as lead mortgage commentator

HomeOwners Alliance has partnered with property and mortgage expert Sarah Tucker, who will become...

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