Loans

FCA fines guarantor lender and imposes redress conditions

TFS Loans Ltd has been fined £811,900 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in...

OMS integrates with Pepper Money for second charges

One Mortgage System (OMS) has completed a full API integration with Pepper Money for...

Rise in prime second charge borrowing

Evolution Money's latest second charge tracker shows an increase in both volume and value...

Spring Finance introduces ‘mid-prime’ second charge range

Spring Finance has relaunched its second charge mortgage offering and introduced a new interest...

New senior BDM for Central and Mercantile Trust

Central Trust and Mercantile Trust have appointed a new senior business development manager within...

Pivotal Growth acquires specialist mortgage broker

Pivotal Growth has agreed to acquire The Loan Partnership, subject to FCA approval. The Loan...

Evolution Money announces new IT director

Evolution Money has announced the appointment of Steve Daly as its new IT director. ...

Together reveals pricing of inaugural second charge RMBS

Together Financial Services has announced the pricing of its inaugural second charge only owner-occupied...

Evolution Money unveils new digital journey

Evolution Money has launched its new digital journey for customers and adviser introducers with...

Shawbrook second charge used for limited company tax bill

Shawbrook’s second charge mortgage process has helped a client to repay a tax bill. Previously...

Evolution Money appoints head of ESG

Evolution Money has announced the appointment of Sue Harrison as its new head of...

Selina Finance improves lending criteria

Selina Finance has revamped its residential range with several criteria enhancements for self-employed, unencumbered...

Norton’s Lawrence to retire after over 50 years in sales

Stephen Lawrence has retired as group national sales manager at Norton Home Loans, having...

FCA warns businesses over misleading credit ads

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is warning lenders and brokers to stop using misleading...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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Phoebus completes latest SOC 2 Type II assessment

Phoebus Software has renewed its SOC 2 Type II attestation after KPMG assessed the...

Low-deposit mortgage lending climbs 38% to £24.7bn

Mortgage lending at loan-to-value ratios above 90% rose sharply over the past year as...

Stonebridge reports sharp rise in protection policies placed in trust

The proportion of protection policies being placed in trust has risen substantially over the...

Countrywide Surveying adds 35 newly qualified surveyors in 2026

Countrywide Surveying Services has added 35 newly qualified surveyors to its workforce so far...

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