Loans

Clear your desks on Friday, says Brightstar

Brightstar Financial is calling on brokers to clear their desks of problem cases this...

Second charge new business up 5% in July

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported that second charge mortgage new business...

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...
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COMMENT

Stamp Duty

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

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Appointments

TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...
Building Societies

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...
News

AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has launched a brand refresh intended to reflect its...
News

IMLA guide explains why fixed mortgage rates can rise before Bank Rate moves

IMLA has published a report and five-minute guide to help advisers explain how swap...

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