Loans

Stephen Johnson leaves Shawbrook

Stephen Johnson has relinquished his roles as Deputy CEO, executive director of the Shawbrook...

West One Loans teams up with Fluent Money Group

Second charge lender West One Loans has partnered with Fluent Money Group to offer...

SMG unveils second charge API tool

Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG) has launched Lenderlink, a lender-integrated API system designed specifically for...

£13bn of secret debt in the UK

Britons are hiding a collective £13bn worth of secret personal debt from their friends,...

Growth in second charge mortgage new business

The value of second charge new business in November 2017 was £80m, according to...

West One Loans unveils second charge buy-to-let range

West One Loans is launching a range of second charge buy-to-let products tomorrow (10...

Daily financial worries cause of stress for millions

Over 13.8 million people (28.8%) say daily money worries are their main cause of...

New CEO for Folk2Folk

Folk2Folk, the platform for local and rural business, has announced the appointment of Giles...

2018 predictions for second charge mortgages

A clever person somewhere once said that the more expert a person in any...

L&G Mortgage Club expands Shawbrook offering

Legal & General Mortgage Club has added two Shawbrook Bank products to its offering. The...

Second charge new business up 20%

The second charge mortgage market reported growth in October, with new business up 20%...

£500k second charge funds mansion makeover

Master broker Clever Lending has arranged a second charge mortgage of £500,000 for the complete...

Pepper to service Bank of Cyprus non-performing loan portfolio

Pepper has won a contract to service an €800m portfolio of non-performing loans with...

AOBP rebrands and broadens scope

The Association of Bridging Professionals (AOBP) has changed its name and broadened its remit. It...

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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