Loans

Attitudes to seconds are changing – slowly

Fluent Money has claimed it is "still too easy to disregard secured loans" when...

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...

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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