Loans

Lending “stagnant” in May

The Bank of England has reported that the number of loan approvals for house...

Together: We’ll support brokers through Brexit 

Following the uncertainty stemming from the referendum decision last week to leave the European...

SimplyBiz Mortgages expands secured loan panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced the addition of Prestige Finance, part of the One Savings...

Smart Money hails 8-day second charge completion

Smart Money has completed a second charge case in eight days with Optimum Credit. The specialist master broker said it demonstrated...

Fluent Money seeks to cut identity fraud risk

Second charge distributor Fluent Money has invested in an ID scanning solution from TrustID...

AToM to hold expo and gala dinner

All Types of Mortgages Ltd (AToM) is holding a specialist lender expo on 30...

6.8m adults have never checked their credit score

Nearly seven million UK adults in the near prime sector have never checked their credit...

FSE Cardiff seminar programme unveiled

The seminar programme for the Financial Services Expo (FSE) Cardiff has been revealed. FSE Cardiff...

Specialist Financial Services to use Bluechip Broker

Target Group is to supply its Bluechip Broker system to Specialist Financial Services, a...

The Right Mortgage & Protection expands master broker panel

Enterprise Finance has been appointed as a master broker for the Right Mortgage &...

LendInvest offering bubbly opportunity at NACFB Expo

LendInvest is offering brokers attending the NACFB’s Commercial Finance Expo the chance to win...

Clever Lending launches sourcing system for seconds

Clever Lending has unveiled its new second charge sourcing system for brokers, Clever Sourcing,...

Freedom competes first UTB deal

Freedom Finance has completed its first second charge loan case with United Trust Bank...

Fall in second charge new business

Consumer finance new business was up 8% in April, compared with the same month...

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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...