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Second charge market continues to grow

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported that there was £79m worth of...

Shawbrook directors reject takeover bid

Shawbrook Group is sending a circular to its shareholders in response to the final...

Clever Lending appoints head of sales

Clever Lending has promoted Ivan Vizor to the role of head of sales. In...

Enra Group hires IT director

Enra Group, parent company of Enterprise Finance and West One Loans, has today announced...

New low loan rate from TSB

TSB has cut its personal loans rate for amounts between £20,000 and £25,000 to...

Optimum Credit makes sales hire

Optimum Credit has appointed Jon Callow to its sales team as a as business development manager...

Together bolsters intermediary business team

Specialist lender Together has made two further appointments to its business development team. Nadine Edwards...

Average lifetime of borrowing charted

MoneySuperMarket has calculated that the average British borrower will owe £309,000 over their lifetime, including...

Don’t take a knife to a gunfight

The secured loan sector has transformed itself and thanks to MCD can hold its...

Rise in consumer credit growth

The British Bankers' Association (BBA) latest high street banking data shows that consumer credit...

Over 50s: debt is part of modern life

More than half of people over 50 believe that debt is a part of...

Step One Finance cuts rates

Step One Finance has announced new rates for its product range as well as...

West One moves into second charge market

West One Loans is to offer a range of second charge mortgage lending products, as...

Borro: slow lending hitting SME investment

Borro has warned that the banking industry must improve speed of access to finance...

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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...