Loans

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...

Second-charge repossessions down 50%

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has revealed that the number of second-charge mortgage...

Together hailed as one of Manchester’s fastest-growing businesses

Specialist lender Together has been revealed as one of the 50 fastest-growing companies in...

Automated calls top list of grumbles

New research has found that automated phone calls, such as from PPI claims companies,...

Second charge broker portal unveiled

A trio of second charge players have joined forces to launch a new broker portal, www.smartmoneysourcing.co.uk.  It aims to...

Equifax to support Nava underwriting

Nava has appointed Equifax to support the underwriting of unsecured personal loans for its UK...

Pink Pig Loans completes Optimum’s largest second charge

Pink Pig Loans (PPL) has completed a £900,000 loan for Optimum Credit on a...

Shawbrook added to SimplyBiz Mortgages’ seconds panel

From today, all SimplyBiz Mortgages members will have direct access to Shawbrook Bank’s second...

CSC Loans appoints marketing manager

CSC Loans has recruited Susan Roberts to the role of marketing manager. Roberts spent the last seven...

PPI remains most complained about product

Payment protection insurance (PPI) is the most complained about product, the Financial Conduct Authority...

Clever Lending hires new sales manager

Clever Lending has appointed Scott Leach to the position of sales manager. Leach (pictured) has previously...

Let’s not overreach ourselves again

A few years ago, an enterprising publisher launched a ‘good news’ paper only for...
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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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