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TFC appoints head of marketing

TFC Homeloans has recruited Charlotte Rutter as head of marketing. Rutter (pictured) will manage all marketing...

Seconds market boosting home improvements

Home improvements were behind around one in three second charge loans taken out in the...

PPI claims ad deemed misleading

PPI claims firm www.thefairtradepractice.co.uk has had an ad banned by the Advertising Standards Authority...

UTB added to Complete FS’s second charge panel

Complete FS has announced the addition of United Trust Bank (UTB) to its second...

Brightstar reveals EasySource registration stats

Brightstar has reported that over 3,000 intermediaries have registered to use its EasySource sourcing...

Stress-testing P2P lending: questions advisers should ask

When it comes to peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, advisers could be forgiven for feeling they’re...

Regulation a “positive game changer” for seconds

Fluent for Advisers, the second charge specialist distributor, has stated that all the available evidence...

Connect launches unsecured loan portal

Connect for Intermediaries has joined up with DotBroker to provide an unsecured loan service...

Large fine for PwC over sub-prime audit failures

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) has been fined £2.3m over its audits of the financial statements...

FSE London seminar programme revealed

The full seminar programme for Financial Services Expo (FSE) London has been announced. FSE London...

Citizens Advice: payday lenders still failing borrowers

Citizens Advice has revealed that its research shows that certain payday lenders are still failing...

Step One Finance expands lending team

Step One Finance has announced that Steve Khan has joined the business as head...

Signature Private Finance hires lending manager

Signature Private Finance has appointed Trevor Melly to the role of lending manager. Melly was...

New board assembled at Fluent Money

Second charge distributorFluent Money has completed the makeup of its new board and says...

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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...