Loans

Spring Finance introduces new Plan 0 and offers lower rates

Spring Finance has launched a 9.65% variable rate to complement its current portfolio of second...

Change your thinking to open up new opportunities

If one door shuts, then another one opens. I was reminded of this piece...

Fluent for Advisers expands development teams

Fluent for Advisers has appointed two new business development officers (BDOs) to its internal...

1st Stop Group joins LSE’s ELITE

1st Stop Group has joined London Stock Exchange Group’s international business support and capital...

Loan book high for Together

Together has reported average monthly loan originations of £171.7m for the final quarter of 2018, up...

Equifinance appoints regional sales manager

Equifinance has appointed Laura Thomas as regional sales manager for the north. Thomas (pictured) will initially...

Fluent Money offers sub 3% second charges with Optimum Credit

Fluent Money is the first broker distributor to have a decision in principle (DIP) result...

Connect expands second charge offering

Connect for Intermediaries has added Lenderlink and Fluent for Advisers to its second charge...

SBG and Twenty7Tec agree technology partnership

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has teamed up with mortgage technology firm Twenty7Tec to provide...

Fluent Money Group passes 250 headcount

Fluent Money Group has reported a significant increase in personnel, with now over 250 employees...

Second charge volumes up by 13% in December

December 2018 second charge volumes totalled £80 million, a 6% increase on the previous...

TMA Club adds Central Trust to lender panel

TMA Club has has added Central Trust to its lender panel, so its members...

Fluent Money Group appoints head of compliance

Fluent Money Group has appointed John Lewis to take on the newly created role...

Shawbrook and Bamboo sign up to new loan marketplace

Shawbrook and Bamboo have both been confirmed as early adopters of the online loan...

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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