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TFC secures full home finance permissions

Specialist distributor TFC Homeloans has been granted home finance permissions by the Financial Conduct...

7% rise in consumer finance

There was 7% growth in consumer finance new business in October, compared with the...

MPC holds bank rate once again

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to maintain the Bank...

Advisers ignorant about alternative finance

The alternative finance industry needs to do much more to reach out to advisers,...

Smart Money hires new underwriter

Master broker Smart Money has appointed Hannah Joyce as an underwriter in its regulated...

Promise secures consumer credit and mortgage authorisation

Promise Solutions has received Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorisation ahead of the implementation of...

SME peer-to-peer lender acquired

SME secured lending platform ThinCats has been acquired by a new market entrant. ESF...

Positive Lending increases headcount

Bournemouth-based packager Positive Lending has expanded its specialist finance adviser team with addition of...

Enterprise & West One Loans parent recognised by Sunday Times

Enra Group, the organisation under which specialist loan distributor Enterprise Finance and bridging lender West One...

Brightstar and MTF unveil people development partnership

Brightstar has announced the launch of its official people development partnership with MTF. This follows...

The Loans Engine secures MCD permissions

Master broker The Loans Engine (TLE) has received formal confirmation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that its application for...

Promise completes first integrated Precise deal

Promise Solutions has completed its integration with Precise Mortgages which allows data to be...

Everyday Loans acquired for £235m

Non-Standard Finance (NSF) has entered into an agreement to acquire Everyday Loans from Secure...

Putting the MCD framework into practice in secured loans

At a recent major industry meeting the topic of second charge secured loan regulation...

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Stability is not a slowdown; it’s exactly what the bridging market needs

So, according to the recent Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) figures, bridging completions fell in Q2. Cue the usual hand-wringing. The headlines landed, the...

The rise of the silver pound

UK house prices may have cooled from their peak, but affordability pressures remain acute. Even with recent adjustments to interest rates, rising property values have...

Staggering stamp duty will make it easier for people to move

A proposal to spread stamp duty land tax payments across several years, in an effort to drive growth and boost the housing market, is...

Making Digital Sales Ready properties the norm, not the exception

Digital Sales Ready listings and upfront information have the potential to transform the home buying and selling journey, creating faster, more transparent transactions with...

Supercharging affordability: a broker’s tool for unlocking complex cases

If you could choose a superpower, what would it be? The ability to see the future? To slow down time? To get every case...

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The Mortgage Shop and Stonebridge sign long-term deal

The Mortgage Shop (TMS), Stonebridge’s largest appointed representative (AR), has signed a new long-term...

Fintel launches Omnicore standalone distribution platform

Fintel has launched an intelligent distribution platform designed to provide a strategic conduit between...

Mortgage borrowing slows as corporate lending accelerates

Households are curbing mortgage borrowing amid a cooling housing market, despite falling rates on...

ClozeSure launches with IS2 to guarantee property sales after exchange

A new solution designed to protect homeowners from last-minute failed transactions has launched in...