Loans

Together features in Top Track 250

Together has been included in The Sunday Times/Grant Thornton Top Track 250 for 2016,...

Together announces new £375m bond

Specialist lender Together has closed a £375m bond issuance, which will increase its funding capacity. The new...

Citizens Advice sounds warning over guarantor loans

An increasing number of people are struggling with debts for guarantor loans and rent to...

Promise integrates technology with Shawbrook

Promise Specialist Lending has completed XML integration with Shawbrook. This represents its seventh second charge...

Equiniti provides Axcess Financial Europe with Core Pancredit

Equiniti has entered into an agreement to provide its Core Pancredit technology to Axcess...

Payday lender in £34m customer redress action

Payday firm CFO Lending is to provide over £34 million of redress to more...

No longer why but when and how

Working with intermediaries on behalf of the UK’s largest second charge distributor over the...

10% growth in seconds market predicted

Brokers expect the value of the second charge loans market to increase by 10%...

TFC offers free legals through new members club

TFC Homeloans is offering brokers up to £1m in free legals for remortgage clients...

Record results for Together

Together has posted record pre-tax profits £90.3m for the year ending 30 June 2016, an...

Brits expect tightening of credit post-Brexit vote

The cost of living is the biggest worry for UK consumers (60%) following the...

Seconds completions double at Positive Lending

Positive Lending has more than doubled its second charge mortgage completions since the launch...

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...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

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First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

TMG adds Gable Mortgages to lender panel

TMG Mortgage Network has added Gable Mortgages to its lender panel, giving member firms...

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