Loans

New finance broker completed £2.5m in August

Your Expert Group completed on £2.5m of loan finance during August, despite not having fully...

Record lending levels for Together

Together has reported record levels of lending in its results for the year ended...

Trio of new data partners for BEP Systems

Mortgage origination software firm BEP Systems is working with three new data partners to...

All advisers can benefit from specialist distributor expertise

There is an old saying that states that if you are multi-disciplined in your...

Wonga goes into administration

Wonga Group Limited and WDFC UK Limited (Wonga) have placed themselves into administration. ...

Masthaven completes its largest ever secured loans

Masthaven Bank has completed two of its largest ever second charge loans over the...

Brightstar to hold new webinar series

Brightstar Financial has unveiled its largest ever webinar programme, with nine specialist lending events...

Small June fall for second charge market

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has published the June 2018 new business figures...

Don’t just consider direct second charge lenders

Advisers have been warned that as the lending industry concentrates on providing customers with...

Second charge criteria searches changed completely in July

Knowledge Bank has revealed the most search criteria by brokers during the month of...

Call to “consign teaser rates to the history books”

A new report commissioned by Shawbrook Bank and produced by the Cebr has concluded...

Secure Trust Bank reports large rise in profits

Secure Trust Bank has announced a 31.3% year-on-year increase in group profit before tax...

Second charge lender access is good for sector…

I am all in favour of more second charge lenders opening up direct access...

1st Stop Group secures major increase in lending facility

1st Stop Group has announced that one of its funders, Citibank, has agreed to...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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