Loans

Second charge market marginally down

The second charge mortgage market was down 2% in September. New business totalled £77m in...

Clever Lending offers dual fee option

Clever Lending has simplified its second charge fees with a dual fee structure. The master...

Equifinance appoints general manager

Equifinance has appointed Gary Smith as general manager with overall control of operations for both...

Seconds growth to continue into 2018

Fluent for Advisers believes that the rise in second charge new business numbers recorded...

Smart Money hires regulated business sales director

Colin Mason has joined specialist finance broker Smart Money as its sales director for...

Bank of Mum & Dad unlikely to get money back

New research from Prudential has found that, on average, those who have lent money to...

Fluent Money makes three new senior hires

Fluent Money Group has made appointments in the underwriting, sales and finance departments. Kevin Cresswell...

Worrying ignorance around interest rates

70% of Brits can't state what the currently Bank Rate is, according to new research...

Fluent Money Group ups recruitment

Second charge mortgage broker Fluent Money Group is continuing to expand its headcount. Fluent for Advisers,...

Reasoned argument key for second charge growth

How do we get more brokers to ‘do’ secured loans? Well, the answer is...

Brits cutting back in advance of Brexit impact

A new report from Nationwide Current Accounts, Base Rate, Brexit and Bills, has looked into the financial...

Assetz Capital reaches £300m secondary market trading milestone

Peer-to-peer firm Assetz Capital has facilitated trading in second-hand loan parts of £300 million on...

Shawbrook hires commercial director for property division

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Jeremy Law as its new commercial director within its property...

Brightstar marks World Mental Health Awareness Day

Brightstar staff joined together on Tuesday (10 October) to raise awareness and raise funds...
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COMMENT

networks

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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Buy-to-let

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...
News

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...
Appointments

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...
funding

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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