Loans

United Trust Bank to support Refuge

Staff at United Trust Bank have chosen national charity Refuge to be the Bank’s...

The Buy to Let Business becomes Dynamo

The Buy to Let Business has rebranded as Dynamo. Ying Tan, founder and chief executive,...

FLA’s seconds data possibly too conservative: Fluent Money

Fluent Money Group believes that while the FLA’s latest second charge lending figures showing...

Homeowners prioritise home improvements over debt repayment

Home improvements rank in the top five long-term financial objectives for homeowners with 63%...

Prestige Finance creates direct submission relationship with PMS

Second charge mortgage provider Prestige Finance has agreed a new partnership with PMS Mortgage...

Optimum Credit joins TFC Homeloans’ panel

TFC Homeloans has added Optimum Credit to its panel. Optimum Credit is second charge lender,...

PMS expands second charge offering

PMS Mortgage Club has added Central Trust to its specialist lending panel. The move provides...

MPC keeps Bank Rate at 0.75%

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to hold interest rates...

“Irresponsible” emergency Brexit loan ad banned

A high-cost short term credit loan advert, which used uncertainty around Brexit to encourage...

Fluent Money Group appoints group sales director

Fluent Money Group has announced the appointment of Chris Meadows as group sales director. Previously...

New Equiniti report investigates consumer attitudes to lending

Equiniti Credit Services has published its latest annual research report. A three part harmony: how...

Brokers expect bridging lender growth in 2019

United Trust Bank has reported that the majority of brokers it recently surveyed think...

Second charge volumes up by 18% in January

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

Rise in debt criteria search popularity

Searches on Knowledge Bank regarding people with debt issues were four of the five...
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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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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...
General Insurance

Previously flooded homes face insurance premiums more than double UK average

Homeowners in properties that have previously flooded are paying 121% more for home insurance...

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