Loans

SMG unveils Lenderlink Referrals

Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG) has added a new feature to Lenderlink, its specialist loan sourcing...

Second charge quartet to walk 100km for charity

Four figures from the second charge industry are to trek 100km across the South...

Equifinance appoints regional sales manager

Equifinance has appointed Richard Croll as regional sales manager.  The second charge lender says Croll...

FCA sounds loan scam alarm

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is urging the public to be alert to the...

Second charge market confidence shouldn’t be dented in Q2

It’s safe to say that the first quarter of 2018 has not been the...

H2 2017 sees 3.76m complaints about financial services firms

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reported that complaints about payment protection insurance (PPI)...

Consumer confusion reigns over default responsibility

30% of consumers see defaulting on a loan payment as being the fault of...

Four lenders confirmed at Clever Lending specialist forums

Clever Lending has announced the four specialist lenders who will be participating at its upcoming...

Second charge is not rocket science

The death of Stephen Hawking came as a surprise like it does with deaths...

Personal Touch expands second charge panel

Vantage Finance has become the latest addition to Personal Touch’s panel. The specialist master broker...

Second charge lending growth continues in February

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has published new business figures for the second...

Quiet end to 2017 for second charge market

The sixth edition of Enterprise Finance’s Second Charge Report has found that the second...

Twenty7Tec sees growth in DA users

Twenty7Tec has revealed that the number of Directly Authorised (DA) mortgage brokers subscribing to...

TFC upgrades 1APP with new case management system

TFC Homeloans is adding upgraded features to its DIP, application and case management system...
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COMMENT

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...

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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...
Appointments

Finova Broker appoints Ben Radford to lead Broker Payments

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

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...
News

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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