Loans

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...

Illegal loan scheme victims urged to come forward

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has called on customers who took out a loan...

FLA appoints new director general

Stephen Haddrill has been appointed as the new director general of the Finance &...

Shawbrook Bank cuts second charge rates

Shawbrook Bank has reduced rates on its second charge mortgages by up to 0.80 percentage...

Brightstar Financial joins SmartrRefer panel

Brightstar Financial has become the latest distributor to be added to SmartrRefer, the new...

Second charge volumes up 12% in August

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported that second charge mortgage market recorded...

Complete FS latest firm to join SmartrRefer panel

Complete FS has been added to Legal & General Mortgage Club’s SmartrRefer panel, which...

Optimum Credit reaches £1bn mark in second charge lending

The UK’s largest second charge mortgage provider, Optimum Credit, has hit a total of...

Moneyfacts partners with Loans Warehouse for new loans service

Moneyfacts has appointed Loans Warehouse as its service provider for a new pre-approved loans...

Impact Specialist Finance added to SmartrRefer

Impact Specialist Finance has joined SmartrRefer, Legal & General Mortgage Club’s approved specialist distribution panel. Legal...
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Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...
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IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...
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Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...
Regulation

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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