Loans

PMS adds Paragon to second charge lender panel

PMS Mortgage club members now access to second charge mortgage plans from Paragon. Paragon offers...

FCA proposes cap on rent-to-own lending

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced new proposals designed to protect millions of...

Paragon’s new mortgage lending up 23%

Paragon has reported that its total mortgage lending increased by 23% to £721 million...

West One makes key second charge criteria change

West One will now allow non buy-to-let income to be used towards the affordability...

Together reports record lending for Q1

Together has announced record levels of lending in its quarterly results to 31 March...

Having the time to be a better adviser

If I ask a roomful of advisers what takes up the majority of their...

Sharp fall in second charge mortgage lending

Second charge mortgage new business fell 10% by value and 13% by volume in...

Second charge repossessions remain low  

Latest figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that the number...

Vida extends second charge distribution

Vida Homeloans is extending distribution of its second charge mortgage range through master brokers....

Ocean Finance radio ad banned

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an advert for Ocean Finance. A radio ad...

Brightstar to host specialist lending workshops

Brightstar Financial is joining forces with a number of lenders to launch a series...

Promise to offer Vida second charges

Promise Specialist Lending has added Vida Homeloans to its second charge panel.   Vida’s criteria highlights...

Shawbrook announces departure of chief executive

The board of Shawbrook has announced that Steve Pateman is to step down from...

Masthaven joins TMA Club’s lender panel

TMA Club has announced the addition of Masthaven to its lender panel. This arrangement...

COMMENT

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

Latest news

Rate rises squeeze demand as brokers lean on ‘needs-based’ borrowers

Rising mortgage costs driven by global uncertainty are beginning to weigh on borrower demand...

Finova Broker appoints Ben Radford to lead Broker Payments

Finova Broker has promoted Ben Radford to head of Finova Broker Payments, the mortgage...

Lloyds data glitch exposed details of up to 447,936 banking customers, MPs told

Up to 447,936 customers of Lloyds Banking Group were affected by a data breach...

Chancellor presses lenders to expand support for borrowers ahead of rate resets

The government has secured fresh commitments from major lenders to step up engagement with...

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