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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networks

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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Buy-to-let

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...
News

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...
Appointments

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...
funding

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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