Loans

Let’s not overreach ourselves again

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

Birthday for P2P platform

Peer-to-peer alternative finance platform Assetz Capital is celebrating its fourth birthday.   In the past four...

Equifinance added to TFC panel

TFC Homeloans has added Equifinance to its second charge mortgage lender panel. The range of...

Distributor criticises ‘second charge negativity’

Fluent for Advisers believes there is a negative attitude in some quarters about the prospects for...

FCA publishes mission and business plan

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its Mission, which aims to give firms and...

Record month for Complete FS

Complete FS has reported that March was its best month for new business since 2008 with...

New second charge rates from Prestige

Prestige Finance has unveiled a new 90% LTV tier for its prime residential product...

Record loan amount for Borro

Borro has closed a £6,000,000 loan.  A small collection of blue chip post-war and contemporary...

TMA Mortgage Club partners with Twenty7Tec

TMA Mortgage Club is now offering its club members access to Twenty7Tec's systems. Twenty7Tec Group is...

Slow start to 2017 for seconds

Second charge mortgage new business fell 6% by value and 12% by volume during...

Not all master brokers are the same

Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decisions, regarding Bank Base Rate (BBR), have become somewhat predictable....

FSE Manchester registration opens

Front Events has opened registration for the Financial Services Expo (FSE) Manchester. The event will be...

FCA authorisation for unsecured lender

118 118 Money has received full authorization from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).  The lender, which launched in Cardiff...

Lenders must ensure people can afford to borrow

The Bank of England’s latest money and credit statistics show consumer borrowing increasing by...
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networks

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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Buy-to-let

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...
News

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...
Appointments

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...
funding

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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