Loans

Ingard expands panel

Norton Home Loans has been added to Ingard's lender panel. The specialist lender will provide...

Profits up at Shawbrook

Shawbrook Bank has published its interim results for the six months to 30 June...

Profits up at Provident Financial

Provident Financial plc has published its interim results for the six months ended 30...

Master broker moves to application fee model

The Loans Engine is scrapping its master broker fee and replacing it with an application...

FCA outlines authorisation commitments

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued commitments to firms during the authorisation process. Between...

Treasury Committee greenlights Bailey’s FCA appointment

The Treasury Committee has published its report ‘Appointment of Andrew Bailey as Chief Executive of the...

Together finalises leadership team

Together has made two further appointments to its leadership team, concluding a spate of...

Complete FS outlines its expo plans

Complete FS is to hold its 14th annual Specialist Lender Expo at the Meon...

Lloyds successful with PPI ad complaints

Lloyds Banking Group has seen complaints it made against two claims management companies upheld...

Fluent for Advisers sees post-MCD rise in seconds demand

Fluent for Advisers has reported an upward trend in new business in the months...

Freedom Finance makes senior appointments

Freedom Finance has appointed Jeff Poole as managing director of Freedom Consumer Finance and...

TFC hires key account manager for the north

TFC Homeloans has recruited Wayne Bowler as key account manager for the north of...

CSF sees 127% rise in completions

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) issued terms on £509.7m worth of business from April to...

Secure Trust Bank posts £129m profit

Secure Trust Bank PLC has reported total group profit after tax of £129.1m for...

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...

Latest news

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...

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...

UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced a series of service and criteria changes across...

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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