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Vantage Finance achieves Feefo Gold award

Vantage Finance has been awarded a 'Gold Trusted Service' award, from reviews and customer...

Covid-19: BAME borrowers under most pressure

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is urging consumers who are struggling to pay their...

Enra Specialist Finance completes £268m securitisation

Enra Specialist Finance has priced its first residential mortgage backed securities, backed by a...

100% growth in Q4 second charge lending predicted

Loans Warehouse believes we there will be 100% growth in second charge lending in...

Lenders tightening criteria while borrowing demands rise

The latest Knowledge Bank Tracker has found a common theme in monthly changes in...

Jon Hall to leave Masthaven Bank in 2021

Jon Hall, chief commercial officer and Deputy CEO of Masthaven Bank, will to leave...

AMI reveals timetable for board elections

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has published details of its board elections which...

Most brokers don’t discuss second charges

74% of brokers do not mention to their clients that they offer second charge...

Optimum Credit unveils new pricing and criteria

Optimum Credit has revamped its product offering, with improved pricing and new criteria. The second...

West One revamps second charge resi & BTL products

West One is making changes to its residential and buy-to-let second charge product ranges. This...

Equifinance returns to second charge lending

Second charge lender, Equifinance, has announced its full return to the market, following its...

The Loan Partnership selects OMS as primary provider

One Mortgage System (OMS) has been adopted by The Loan Partnership as its primary...

Second charge market “gradually recovering”

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has revealed that second charge mortgage new business...

United Trust Bank launches communication hub

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced its ‘UTB Secure Chat Hub’ in order to...

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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