Loans

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...

Flat month for second charges

June saw growth of 4% in consumer finance new business, compared with the same...

Seconds’ charges “still too high”

Complete FS, the South Coast based specialist lending packager, has stated that reductions in fees...

Secured loan distributor appoints FD

Fluent Money has recruited Mark Kilgannon as its new finance director. Kilgannon joins the second charge...

John Malone ends Positive chairmanship

John Malone has completed his stint as non-executive chairman of Positive Lending. He spent a year as...

Master broker pays out under new fee model

The Loans Engine has just paid out its first loan under its new £295 application...

Lending and profits up at the Principality

The Principality Building Society has posted a small increase in profits for the first...

Five new faces for TFC Homeloans

TFC Homeloans has increased its headcount by five. The new recruits will work across...

Master broker appoints new finance director

Vantage Finance has announced the appointment of James Hussey as its new finance director. Hussey (pictured) is...

Promise sees significant rise in conversion rates

Promise Solutions has reported a large improvement in its second charge conversion rates since the introduction...

FCA seeks PPI complaint deadline

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) believes the package of proposals on payment protection insurance (PPI)...

Marketing to the younger generation

In order to appear ‘down with the kids’ I will begin this article with...
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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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