Loans

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...

Enterprise adds milestone case-tracking to Apex

Enterprise Finance has upgraded its recently-launched Apex broker portal, with the addition of 'milestone'...

Local events “more popular” than national Expos

Complete FS has claimed that smaller regional expos are more popular among brokers than larger national...

40% fall in second charge repossessions

The number of second-charge mortgage repossessions in the second quarter of 2016 was 40, down...

CCJs at highest level for a decade

Second charge mortgage lender Equifinance says the continuing rise in the number of county...

18% say they have a ‘debt problem’

Latest figures released by Debt Advisory Centre suggest that nine million UK adults think that they have...

Freedom Finance merges second charge operations

Freedom Finance has merged its second charge department and Sensible Home Loans. The merger...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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