Loans

Market for non-performing loans is “hot”

The trading market for non-performing loans (NPLs) is still extremely buoyant eight years after...

Shawbrook appoints new CEO

Steve Pateman has agreed to join Shawbrook Group plc as its new chief executive...

FCA proposes PPI claim deadline

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has decided to consult, by the end of the...

Freedom Finance ramps up intermediary staffing levels

Freedom Finance has revealed a more than doubling of its its intermediary-focussed staff numbers after...

MBE launches new finance Expo in Bristol

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announced the launch of a new Expo in Bristol on...

MBE to create MCD implementation forum

Seminars at the upcoming Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) will create a forum to focus...

L&G adds to MCD preparedness debate

Legal & General Mortgage Club has responded to Clever Lending’s survey on the Mortgage...

Younger generation increasingly hit by debt issues

A new report Citizens Advice has shown that the number of issues young people...

Y3S secures full FCA authorisation

Second charge packager Y3S Loans has received formal notification of authorisation from the Financial...

ECR hails peer-to-peer success

Euro Credit Risk (ECR), a provider of portfolio analysis and risk mitigation to the...

Different Money hires operations manager

Short-term loan provider Different Money has appointed Lisa Bayliss as operations manager. Bayliss (pictured)...

71% of brokers “not ready for MCD regulation”

Secured loan master broker Clever Lending has claimed there is a widespread lack of...

New ‘commission match promise’ from master broker

Second charge master broker Access 4 Finance has launched a new website and commission policy. Director Scott...

Target and Freedom Finance launch unsecured lender

Target Group has has joined with Freedom Finance to support the launch of BumbleBee...

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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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Step One Finance selects Phoebus in major servicing transformation

Step One Finance has partnered with Phoebus Software in a significant technology upgrade aimed...

Inflation accelerates as non-food prices climb and new tax pressures loom

Shop price inflation picked up pace in September, rising to 1.4% from 0.9% in...

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...