Loans

Paragon joins SimplyBiz secured panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has partnered with Paragon Personal Finance to launch a secured loans panel....

Kuflink opens new principal office

Bridging lender Kuflink Bridging has had its new head office in Gravesend officially opened by Treasury...

FCA focussing on high-cost credit and overdrafts

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking evidence and feedback to further inform its...

Appointments at Spring Finance

Second charge lender Spring Finance has promoted Kate Hill to the position of underwriting manager. She...

Second charge (virtual) reality

With Christmas not too far away we’ve already started to see the number of...

2016 – seconds validity & tech/human partnership

2016 has been a particularly busy year for me. The launch of Fluent for...

TFC Homelans cuts fees

TFC Homeloans is reducing its fees from Black Friday. Brokers can choose from two fee options, based...

Profits up but BTL completions down at Paragon

The Paragon Group of Companies plc has reported that underlying profit rose 9.1% to...

Rigid underwriting not caused by regulation

Tim Wheeldon, chief operating officer (COO) of Fluent for Advisers, has argued that advisers...

43% expect a better mortgage from Brexit

The Brexit vote has had little effect on UK borrowers’ financial outlook, according to...

New hire for Prestige Finance

Prestige Finance has announced the appointment of Gareth Broome as senior business development manager. He will be representing...

2016 Christmas costs revealed

Brits intend to spend £1,484 each this festive season, according to annual research from...

Look beyond second charge sourcing

Jeff Davidson, Fluent for Advisers’ head of intermediaries  is calling on brokers, especially those new...

HML rebrands as Computershare

Third-party mortgage servicer HML will rebrand as Computershare this month. The Skipton-based company will...
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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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