Loans

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...

The Money Group unveils new specialist lending brand

The Money Group has established a new brand, Specialist Money Limited. Jeff List has been appointed...

Brightstar launches education initiative

Brightstar Financial has introduced an education programme for brokers. The distributor will, over the coming...

New Masthaven website includes live criteria search

Masthaven Bank has launched a new website for brokers across its mortgage and short-term...

Masthaven now connected with SMG’s Lenderlink

Masthaven has launched its new Application Programming Interface (API) connection with master broker Specialist...

Regulation ‘behind success of second charge market’

Fluent for Advisers has argued that not enough credit is given to the role...

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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