Loans

Takeover bid for Shawbrook Bank

Shawbrook Bank has confirmed that it has received a takeover bid for the business...

FCA sets PPI complaint deadline

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set a deadline for making new payment protection insurance...

We must do the hard yards to spread the secured loan message

If I was using an aircraft for business travel, I would have earned a...

Borro okays loan and transfers funds in three hours

Borro has provided a client of London mortgage broker Coreco with a loan of...

Callcredit secures FCA authorisation

Callcredit Information Group's wholly owned subsidiaries, Callcredit Limited and Callcredit Consumer Limited, have achieved full...

Rise in guarantor loan issues

Citizens Advice has seem a 40% increase in the number of guarantor loan problems that...

Equifinance sees changing customer profile

Second charge mortgage lender Equifinance says the profile for customers taking out a second...

Warning sounded over doorstep lending practices

A new report published by Citizens Advice has identified a number of concerning practices...

4% rise in second charge business last year

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported growth of 9% in consumer finance new...

New Shawbrook Academy schedule published

Shawbrook Bank has announced a new series of its Shawbrook Academy events for advisers. The...

PPI claims firm rapped over ad

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint from Lloyds Banking Group over a...

Chaseblue expands underwriting capacity

South Wales based specialist finance broker Chaseblue Loans has signed terms on an extension...

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,...
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COMMENT

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...

Latest news

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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