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Masthaven recruits savings head

Masthaven has announced the appointment of James Blower as its head of savings. Blower...

AA Financial Services unveils loan offering

AA Financial Services has re-entered the loans market offering UK consumers unsecured personal loans. The AA...

P2P platform teams up with Amicus

44% of retail investors want to improve their exposure to the UK property market by...

A new age for second charge lending

The second charge market has recently been making headlines, with estimates revealing how the...

More people successfully managing loan payments

69% of people will be able to pay for Christmas without having to take on...

SimplyBiz Mortgages to stage ‘seasonal showcase’

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced an inaugural 'Seasonal Showcase' event taking place on 9 December.   It completes...

Masthaven Finance makes business development hires

Masthaven Finance has appointed Roz Cawood and Ginny Warby to its sales team. Cawood (pictured)...

6% monthly rise in secured lending

The latest Enterprise Finance Secured Loan Index has reported that secured lending activity rose...

Y3S Group posts £1.7m profit

Y3S Group has reported a combined net profit before taxation of £1.7m on total revenues...

Promise reports surge in commercial business

Master broker Promise Solutions has reported a 200% increase in new business in its commercial...

Smart Money secures FCA authorisation

Chester-based secured loan and bridging distributor Smart Money Limited (SML) has received its full...

Chaseblue secures FCA authorisation

South Wales specialist finance packager Chaseblue has received notification from the Financial Conduct Authority...

7% fall in number of new second charge mortgages

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported a 9% growth in consumer finance...

BoE cools on Bank Rate rise

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has once again voted 8-1 to...

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Mortgages, mutuality, members and making a difference

Anyone working in the mortgage market knows that a key area of our measurement is sales. How many cases we complete, the value of...

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...

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Mortgages, mutuality, members and making a difference

Anyone working in the mortgage market knows that a key area of our measurement...

Reeves: Social housing must play a major role in tackling crisis

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged that social housing will be central to Labour’s plans...

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...