Loans

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...

FCA to leave payday loan price cap in place

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the outcome of its review into high-cost...

Brightstar creates three more departmental heads

Brightstar Financial has announced the promotions of three new department heads. Darren Perry, Paul Debney...

Households increasingly relying on unsecured debt

28% of Brits have sought to borrow an amount equal to at least half...
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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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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...
Building Societies

Suffolk BS tops £800m in mortgage assets after strong 2025 growth

Suffolk Building Society has passed £800m of mortgage assets for the first time after...
criteria

UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced a series of service and criteria changes across...
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Foundation returns with revised buy-to-let and residential mortgage range

Foundation has returned to the market with a revised product range across both buy-to-let...

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