Loans

Borro unveils marketing and commission initiative

Borro has introduced a new marketing and commission package to its Preferred Partners Panel...

The Loans Engine secures £750k second charge

Specialist finance broker The Loans Engine has paid out its largest second-charge mortgage amount,...

Record 2016 for Crystal Specialist Finance

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has reported that in 2016 issued terms were up 81%, completed...

Seconds “helping with growing debt concerns”

Clever Lending has reported a noticeable rise in broker enquiries on behalf of clients...

Major promotions at Brightstar

Brightstar Financial has made two internal promotions to its senior management team. Bradley Moore (pictured) is now managing...

SimplyBiz Mortgages adds Fluent to seconds panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has chosen Fluent for Advisers as part of its ancillary panel of...

New director for Complete FS

Complete FS has appointed Damian Cain to its board. It will have overall responsibility for broker...

Large demand for debt consolidation loans

More than 180,000 people across the UK could take out personal loans for debt...

Former igroup CEO sets up loan provider

Nava Finance Limited has secured authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), enabling Nava to...

Connect for Intermediaries launches residential permissions

Connect for Intermediaries has expanded its mortgage network proposition to now include residential permissions. The...

Millennials more open to P2P than older generation

Millennials are four times more likely to have money invested in peer to peer...

Castle Trust relaunches mortgage offering

Castle Trust has relaunched its mortgage proposition, complete with a new website and telephone...

New specialist distributor panel for SimplyBiz Mortgages

After a tender process, SimplyBiz Mortgages (SBM) has unveiled its new specialist and complex lending...

FCA takes action against lender of last resort

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has taken its first criminal action against an individual...

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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...