Loans

Promise Money partners with Ahauz

Ahauz, which provides an equity loan to first-time buyers, has announced a partnership with...

OMS and Evolution Money complete API integration 

One Mortgage System (OMS) has completed a full API integration with second charge mortgage...

Selina Finance unveils 85% LTV second charges

Selina Finance is increasing its maximum loan to value (LTV) to 85%. Two-year, five-year...

Pepper Money completes £350m second charge securitisation

Pepper Money has closed its largest second charge securitisation to date. The £350m securitisation...

Specialist Finance Centre launches SFC Scotland

Specialist Finance Centre (SFC) has announced the launch of its proposition into Scotland as...

Enra Specialist Finance appoints CTO

Enra Specialist Finance has appointed Aris Karidis as its new chief technology officer (CTO). Karidis...

BoE confounds City with Bank Rate hold

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has once again voted to maintain...

Masthaven Bank signs Women in Finance Charter

Masthaven Bank has become a signatory of the Women in Finance Charter. The Charter...

SFC creates senior management roles following restructure

Specialist Finance Centre (SFC) has announced a staffing restructure and the internal promotion of...

Finsec joins Knowledge Bank platform

Specialist second charge and secured business loan lender, Finsec, has added its criteria to...

OMS completes second charge API integration with West One

One Mortgage System (OMS) has finalised a complete API integration with West One for...

Sourcing system reveals UK lender total

There are around 900 lenders in the UK covering an wide variety of finance...

Gain a full understanding of the second charge sphere

It’s no secret how hard it currently is to secure the services of a...

Landlords spent over £13k on average on refurbishments over past year

62% of landlords surveyed by Shawbrook Bank have undertaken a refurbishment to one of...

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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ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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