Loans

Shawbrook provides £223k second charge to retired borrower

Shawbrook Bank has helped a retired client with 10 sources of income looking for...

Castle Trust introduces 10-year term loan

Castle Trust has launched TermTen, a 10-year term loan that is fixed for five...

Continued growth for second charge market

Second charge mortgage new business volumes were up by 15% in October, the Finance...

Brightstar creates new national account manager role

Brightstar Financial has promoted Darren Perry to the new role of national account manager. He...

Majority of Xmas debts to be paid off within three months

66% of UK households expect to return to their normal financial state within three months...

UTB completes its 10,000th second charge

United Trust Bank (UTB) has completed its 10,000th second charge mortgage, a loan for £31,395 to...

United Trust Bank completes its largest second charge

United Trust Bank has completed a £352,000 second charge mortgage, it largest ever. The loan,...

Spring Finance makes major changes to second charge offering

Second charge lender Spring Finance has made changes to its product offering as well...

Volumes and profits up at Paragon Group

Paragon Group has reported a rise in pre-tax profit of 5.0% to £164.4 million. 2019...

Simon Carr rejoins Promise Solutions

Simon Carr, formerly a director at the specialist lending packager and broker, Promise Solutions,...

Brightstar keeps Best Companies accreditation

Brightstar Financial has retained its 3 Star Best Companies accreditation for workplace engagement. The accreditation...

1st Stop Group’s loan book passes £250m mark

Specialist consumer lender 1st Stop Group Limited has passed £250 million of outstanding loans. 1st...

30% drop in second charge repossessions

Latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that the number of...

Decade-high for second charge mortgage market

The latest new business figures for the second charge mortgage market from the Finance...
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Buy-to-let

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...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

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Technology

Virgin Money to take mortgage application systems offline for five days

Virgin money has announced that its Virgin Money and Clydesdale online application platforms will...
Later Life

Parental support for adult children is reshaping retirement plans

Three in five parents with children aged over 18 are providing financial support, with...
First-time buyers

LISA payouts near £140m as industry warns against disrupting first-time buyer support

The Lifetime ISA delivered almost £140m in government bonuses last year, as industry figures...
News

Mortgage borrowing rises as approvals edge higher in February

Mortgage borrowing and approvals both increased in February, although activity remains close to recent...

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