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Invoice fraud hitting financial services hard

New research from Tungsten Businesses has suggested that financial services firms are losing more than £165...

Life & pensions sector to contribute more to FSCS

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) will levy £337m in the financial year 2016/17,...

Key appointments to Together’s leadership team

Specialist lender Together has made two senior appointments to its leadership team. The group of...

Lorenzo Satchell rejoins Together

Specialist lender Together has appointed Lorenzo Satchell has its new commercial relationship manager for...

Clever Lending joins HLP panel 

Clever Lending has joined the HomeLoan Partnership (HLP) network as a provider of second...

Growing numbers look to improve not move

Increasing numbers of homeowners are choosing to improve not move, as the costs of...

Equifinance concerned by CCJ peak

Secured loan lender Equifinance has outlined its concern at the sudden rise in consumer...

Secured loans now faster following cooling-off cull

The implementation of the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) has led to increased competitiveness for...

Mortgage Brain “delighted” with secured sourcing response

Mortgage Brain has claimed that LoansBrain, its new secured loans sourcing system, has seen...

FSE to hold Birmingham event

Front Events has revealed that it is to hold a brand new event, FSE...

New secured loan packager to launch

London Money Group is to launch into the second charge mortgage market under the brand...

P2P provider appoints Target

Target Group has been appointed to provide standby servicing to Ratesetter, a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform....

Engaged CRM completes Twenty7Tec sourcing integration

Engaged CRM, which provides CRM solutions to the finance, mortgage, secured loan and bridging intermediary...

Together celebrates best ever month for lending

Together has revealed that it completed £105 million new lending in March 2016, with...

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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