Loans

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...

Clever Lending duo take charge of growth plans

Clever Lending has appointed two new directors to lead the specialist distributor’s ambitious plans...

Home improvement loans boosting Fluent Money new business

Fluent for Advisers, the dedicated intermediary arm of Fluent Money, has revealed a significant...

Equifinance agrees deal with Phoebus Software

Second charge mortgage lender Equifinance has signed into a five-year contract with Phoebus Software...

TMA Club partners with Together

TMA Club has added specialist lender, Together, to its lender panel. TMA members now...

First 4 Bridging moves into second charge sector

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has set up a dedicated second charge division. The new division,...

David Robinson to leave Shawbrook

David Robinson, sales & distribution director of Shawbrook’s residential mortgages team, is leaving the...

Natwest provides £100m senior debt facility to Evolution Money

Evolution Money has announced a new three-year, £100m senior debt facility with NatWest. The arrangement...

Together joins PRIMIS lender panel

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has added Together to its lender panel. Members of the network now have access...

First 4 Bridging becomes fully FCA regulated

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has reached fully regulated status with the Financial Conduct Authority...
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COMMENT

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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 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

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Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

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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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