Loans

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...

Aldermore to hold seminars at MBE Bristol Expo

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announced a joint seminar programme with Aldermore at the...

Majority of brokers expect more seconds to be written

51% of brokers affected by the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) expect more second charge...

Tenet slams FCA’s stance over FSCS

Tenet has criticised the FCA’s refusal to consider introducing a product-based premium as a means of...

New jobs at Target Group

Target Group has created over 250 new jobs. The planned expansion follows last week’s announcement...

COMMENT

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

Government support is fundamental to market growth

We’ve seen another week of mainstream lenders reduce their rates with more reductions predicted this coming week. This shows more comfort and confidence around...

Bridging is a natural fit for a Shariah-compliant bridging provider

The UK bridging market is, in many ways, a natural fit for Shariah-compliant finance because both are fundamentally built around real assets, partnership structures...

Why relationships are becoming the mortgage industry’s most valuable asset

Information has never been more accessible, yet confidence in financial services remains relatively low. As technology continues to reshape the market, the value of...

Before brokers invest in AI, they need to ask the right questions

AI has moved quickly from industry talking point to commercial priority. For mortgage brokers, the question is no longer whether AI matters. It is...

Latest news

Atom bank cuts Prime mortgage rates by 15bps across full range

Atom bank has reduced rates across its Prime mortgage range by 15bps, with changes...

The Dudley cuts rates across residential, buy-to-let and expat ranges

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates across its residential, buy-to-let and expat mortgage products,...

Stamp Duty burden soars as tax threshold remains frozen at 2006 level

The Stamp Duty threshold at which homebuyers begin paying tax has remained unchanged since...

Gatehouse launches limited-edition HPPs and cuts selected BTL rates

Gatehouse Bank has introduced a range of limited-edition Home Purchase Plan and buy-to-let products...

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