Mortgages

Promise offers 75% LTV adverse seconds

Master broker Promise Solutions is now offering secured loans for borrowers with high adverse...

Promise of faster self-cert and adverse loans

Promise Solutions, the loan master broker, is now offering a new secured loan product...

New 90% LTV deals from NatWest IS

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is adding two new 90% LTV deals to its intermediary product...

V Loans offers adverse second charge up to 65% LTV

V Loans has revealed it is one of a few secured loan packagers to...

Cambridge exclusives for L&G club members

Legal & General Mortgage CLub has launched exclusives with the Cambridge Building Society. Martyn Smith,...

Cattles’ shares suspended

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has temporarily suspended Cattles' securities from the Official List...

Further directoral suspensions at troubled Cattles

Cattles has suspending three more directors as an independent investigation into its affairs continues. James...

Cattles shares slump after accountancy error warning

Embattled sub-prime lender Cattles has admitted that there has been a breakdown in internal...

Cattles suspends new lending at Welcome

Cattles has "temporarily" suspending lending to new customers in Welcome Finance with immediate effect....

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The sourcing system effect in specialist lending

In specialist lending, the right fit for a client has never been as simple as picking the top rate from a list. In sectors like...

Why the Renters’ Rights Bill should be a wake-up call for advisers and landlords

The Renters’ Rights Bill is shaping up to be one of the most significant legislative changes to the private rented sector (PRS) in decades. Expected...

Living in a box. Am I living in a cardboard box?

More young people are living with their parents than ever before. The bank of Mum and Dad has evolved into the hotel of Mum and...

Accountants, brokers and the clash of expectations

There’s an old accountant’s joke about financial advisers: the difference between us is that advisers want to look richer than their clients, while accountants...

Rachel Geddes: Redefining what’s possible for brokers and borrowers

When Rachel Geddes picked up the phone after a job interview to ask her mum what a mortgage was, she didn’t realise she was...

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Mortgage industry rallies behind Christmas charity concert

Momentum is building fast behind this year’s Christmas charity concert in aid of EveryYouth...

First-time buyers put at the heart of Treasury mortgage talks

The government will urge lenders to put first-time buyers at the top of their...

Target urges lenders to treat mortgage servicing as a strategic asset

Target Group has called on mortgage lenders to rethink their approach to servicing, arguing...

Heron Financial launches AI training cohort and ethics committee

Heron Financial has launched an artificial intelligence training programme for staff alongside the creation...