Loans

Largemortgageloans.com increases Guernsey presence

Paul Welch, the founder of Largemortgageloans.com has moved back to Guernsey and increased lending options on the...

Demand for seconds likely to be greater than ever

There’s always a sense of anticipation at the start of any new year, especially...

Second charge lending rebounds

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has revealed that second charge mortgage new business volumes...

P2P platform gets IFISA green light

LandlordInvest has secured ISA manager approval from HM Revenue and Customs. The FCA authorised peer-to-peer lending platform...

Loan market “needs to be clearer and fairer”

Research from Saga Money has found that potential borrowers believe the UK loan market...

P2P lending platform receives full FCA authorisation

Peer to peer lending platform Octopus Choice has become the first adviser-focused P2P platform to be...

Loans firm rapped over envelope

A Belfast-based loans firm has had a complaint about one of its adverts upheld...

ThinCats makes board-level appointments

Peer-to-peer lender ThinCats has appointed Jill Sandford and Damon Walford to the board of...

What’s in a name?

December is supposed to be a quieter month for new business and sales activity....

Y3S takes 50% stake in Pink Pig Loans

Y3S Group has acquired a 50% shareholding in Pink Pig Loans (PPL), a brokerage...

Record month for West One Loans

West One Loans has reported a record month in November with £54 million lent across residential...

Fluent for Advisers bucks FLA trend

Second charge distributor Fluent for Advisers (F4A) has seen new business continue to grow...

Brightstar expands unsecured range

Brightstar has revealed that it completed over £1 million worth of unsecured business loans in...

Widespread public ignorance over second charges

79% of people in the UK don’t know what a second charge mortgage is,...

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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...