Loans

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...

Maria Harris joins United Trust Bank board

Maria Harris, former director of intermediary lending at Atom Bank, has been appointed as...

Shawbrook helps client after shortfall in home improvement funds

Shawbrook Bank has completed a second charge mortgage within nine working days. Shawbrook was approached...

Monthly high for second charge volumes

The second charge mortgage market has reported that volumes were up by 23% in...

Together turns around bridging loan in three days

Specialist lender Together has come to the aid of a borrower who needed a...

UTB to use facial recognition for ID verification

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced an electronic ‘facial recognition’ ID verification service through...

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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