Loans

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...

Sharp fall in BTL lending at Paragon

The Paragon Group of Companies has reported that its new buy-to-let lending totalled £556.2 million for...

Know your APRCs from your ABCs

You taught your children their ABCs, but how much do you know about your...

Assetz Capital passes lending milestone

Peer-to-peer platform Assetz Capital has revealed that it has lent over a quarter of...

New BDM for Castle Trust

Castle Trust Capital has appointed Alan Coleman as telephone business development manager (BDM) for...

Mortgage Brain integrates second charge sourcing

Mortgage Brain has launched an integrated second charge mortgage sourcing capability into its first...

Second charge provider thwarts fraudster

Fluent Money has revealed that it has thwarted an attempt by a fraudster to obtain...

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Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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