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Enra Group makes senior appointments

West One Loans and its parent, Enra Group, have made a number of strategic...

1st Stop Group passes £200m milestone

Specialist consumer lender 1st Stop Group has passed £200 million of outstanding loans. The business is a...

Clever Lending unveils new broker portal

Clever Lending has launched a new online portal to improve the way brokers manage...

Profits up at Paragon Banking Group

Paragon Banking Group plc has posted a year-on-year increase in profits of 8.7% to...

Technology can help advance the second charge sector

A personal belief is that a second charge loan is and probably always will...

Together reports “solid performance” for last quarter

Together has reported that profit before tax for the first quarter of 2019 was...

Promise upgrades its second charge sourcing platform

Promise Specialist Lending is claiming to offer the best combination of speed, accuracy and...

UTB appointed to Connect for Intermediaries’ panel

United Trust Bank (UTB) products are now available to Connect for Intermediaries brokers, providing...

Brightstar launches Mental Health Awareness Week activities

Brightstar Financial is supporting Mental Health Awareness Week with a range of activities that...

31% rise in second charge volumes

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reputed that second charge mortgage volumes increased...

Selina Finance joins FIBA lender panel

Commercial finance trade body FIBA has announced the appointment of specialist lender Selina Finance...

Clever Lending boosts field-based team

Clever Lending has appointed two additional field-based sales managers. Stacey Woods and Tanya Legge have...

Home improvement borrowing highest in the South East

Lending data from Shawbrook’s Personal Loans division has indicated that demand for home improvement...

Shawbrook restructures property division following Eastgate’s arrival

John Eastgate has joined Shawbrook Bank as managing director of its newly created property...

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Supercharging affordability: a broker’s tool for unlocking complex cases

If you could choose a superpower, what would it be? The ability to see the future? To slow down time? To get every case...

Selling isn’t shouting

In many industries, sales still carries the weight of old stereotypes: high pressure, slick scripts and a focus on numbers over nuance. But these...

When service beats software: why hands-on support is the real differentiator in conveyancing

For all the talk about technology reshaping the mortgage and conveyancing world, advisers know that what you often need is some good, old-fashioned support. Not...

Future-proofing your lead generation

Leads are the lifeblood of any mortgage intermediary business, and while word-of-mouth referrals remain the gold standard - bringing trust and proof of quality...

We need clearer guidance on Stamp Duty advice

Just over a week ago Angela Rayner resigned following the discovery of a Stamp Duty breach on a flat she owns in Hove. She...

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Together begins £8m transformation of Greater Manchester headquarters

Specialist property lender Together has begun an £8m redevelopment of its Greater Manchester headquarters,...

Most landlords still believe myths about limited company buy-to-let

Nearly three-quarters of landlords continue to hold misconceptions about limited company buy-to-let, despite growing...

The Right Mortgage appoints new insurance development manager

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has bolstered its senior team with the appointment...

LendInvest backs £3.74m housing scheme on former Wokingham industrial site

LendInvest Mortgages has provided £3.74m in funding for a new residential development on the...