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Arnie to star in PPI deadline campaign

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed that Arnold Schwarzenegger is featuring in a new...

Aegon and Funding Circle agree long term partnership

Aegon and Funding Circle have announced a strategic long term partnership designed to support...

Attitudes to seconds are changing – slowly

Fluent Money has claimed it is "still too easy to disregard secured loans" when...

Brightstar opens Wellness Room

Brightstar has announced the official opening of its 'Wellbeing Room' as part of the...

Second charge market continues to grow

June saw the second charge mortgage market have its fourth consecutive month of growth,...

Asda launches personal loans brand

Asda Money has launched Asda Personal Loans with Freedom Finance, online and via telephone.  The offering...

L&G Mortgage Club outlines autumn event schedule

Legal & General Mortgage Club has published its calendar of Autumn events that focus...

Recruitment drive at Evolution Money

Evolution Money is expanding its Manchester-based operations and is seeking to take its employee...

FP Show expands lending remit

The Finance Professional Show (FP Show) will take place on 8 November at Olympia in...

‘Persuade not coerce’ for second charge acceptance

A secured loan lender and mortgage intermediary have both declared that trying to bludgeon...

Trio of new broker BDMs for Together

Together has appointed three new business development managers to cover the North East, London...

New deals and rate cuts from Spring Finance

Spring Finance has added a three and five-year fixed rate product to its portfolio,...

Together partners with Bamboo Auctions

Together has teamed up with Bamboo Auctions, an online property auction marketplace, to offer...

Whys and wherefores

I am sure there have been plenty of heavy hints dropped by compliance departments...

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Stability is not a slowdown; it’s exactly what the bridging market needs

So, according to the recent Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) figures, bridging completions fell in Q2. Cue the usual hand-wringing. The headlines landed, the...

The rise of the silver pound

UK house prices may have cooled from their peak, but affordability pressures remain acute. Even with recent adjustments to interest rates, rising property values have...

Staggering stamp duty will make it easier for people to move

A proposal to spread stamp duty land tax payments across several years, in an effort to drive growth and boost the housing market, is...

Making Digital Sales Ready properties the norm, not the exception

Digital Sales Ready listings and upfront information have the potential to transform the home buying and selling journey, creating faster, more transparent transactions with...

Supercharging affordability: a broker’s tool for unlocking complex cases

If you could choose a superpower, what would it be? The ability to see the future? To slow down time? To get every case...

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Generation X faces retirement squeeze with smaller pensions than parents

Generation X risks becoming the first cohort to retire with less financial security than...

Leasehold reforms stall as sector warns of ‘real-world consequences’

The government is under mounting pressure to accelerate leasehold reform as the body representing...

Zoopla warns cost pressures mean housing targets are at risk

The government’s flagship target to deliver 1.5m new homes over the next five years...

UTB cuts bridging loan minimum and lowers regulated rates

United Trust Bank has unveiled a package of bridging loan changes aimed at making...