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Consumers “unaware of alternative finance offering”

Research from Together found that almost a half of those surveyed believed that credit rating would...

OSB posts Q1 trading update

OneSavings Bank plc has reported that net loans and advances grew by £460m during...

Secured lenders back Y3S’s golf day

Packager Y3S is holding its third annual Golf Day on Thursday 7 July at the Celtic Manor...

LGMC unveils second charge direct proposition

Legal & General Mortgage Club (LGMC) is launching a direct-to-lender proposition for second charge...

Trio of lenders integrate with APAC’s mortgage software

Precise Mortgages, Shawbrook Bank and Together have become the first three lenders to begin to...

Complete FS revises secured loan charges

Complete FS has unveiled a "low cost" second charge fee charging structure, offering a...

Affordability is the specialist lender’s ‘new best friend’

Equifinance believes affordability calculations can be of real benefit to specialist lenders when assessing...

FSE Manchester reveals seminar schedule

Financial Services Expo (FSE) Manchester has published details of its seminar programmes for the event...

Promise Solutions added to network panel

Promise Solutions has been accredited to the panel of network Personal Touch Financial Services...

Vantage Finance secures private equity investment

Vantage Finance has secured inward investment from Chiltern Capital. The private equity firm has taken a...

Precise unveils direct to broker seconds offering

Precise Mortgages will be launching a direct to broker second charge proposition on 5 May.  The direct submission...

Crystal’s completions up 153%

Crystal Specialist Finance issued terms on £401m worth of business from January to March,...

Simon Stern joins Equifinance as consultant

Equifinance has appointed Simon Stern as a strategic consultant to develop the company’s distribution,...

Mint Bridging partners to create syndicated division

Mint Bridging has entered into a joint venture with Mark Abrahams, a founder of...

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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Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost?...

MIMHC makes final call as charity lunch nears capacity

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has made a final call for industry...

Virgin Money to move eligible product transfers to Nationwide from October

Virgin Money is changing its residential product transfer process, with some customers whose deals...

Skipton cuts fixed rates and widens home mover range

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across its fixed mortgage range by an average...

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