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Possible return to annual growth in Q4 for purchase lending

UK Finance's Household Finance Review for the third quarter has revealed that house purchase lending...

Stark difference in average minimum and maximum loan amounts available

The average maximum loan available to mortgage borrowers in November was £278,145, while the...

UTB appoints key accounts manager

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Hannah Oades as key accounts manager. The hire has...

Masthaven Bank bolsters leadership team and board

Masthaven Bank has made a number of new appointments as well as promotions within its...

Foundation Home Loans unveils BTL & residential remortgages

Foundation Home Loans has launched new remortgage products across both its buy-to-let and residential...

New first-time buyer five-year fix from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has launched a new mortgage for first-time buyers. The Core product is fixed...

Death announced of former ASTL CEO

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has confirmed the death of Benson Hersch,...

TSB makes selected residential rate reductions

TSB Bank has announced a number of changes to its residential range of mortgages. The...

New CFO at Kensington Mortgages

Kensington Mortgages has appointed Alexander Filshie as its new chief financial officer (CFO). He replaces...

VAS Group promotes quartet

VAS Group has announced four promotions, which in turn has led to two new...

More2life adds new Flexi Choice lump sum plans

Equity release lender, more2life, has launch two new lump-sum products within its Flexi Choice...

New chair for AMI

Andrew Montlake, managing director of Coreco Mortgages, is the new chair of the Association...

Castle Trust extends term product rate discount

Castle Trust Bank is extending the 0.25 percentage point rate reduction on its term...

Reliance Bank launches key worker mortgage range

Reliance Bank has updated its key worker mortgage product range. The bank says its range has...

COMMENT

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

AI is changing banking but trust will define who succeeds

For the past three years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in financial services has been dominated by technology. Every week seems to bring another...

No benefit to be had from ‘wait and see’

It seems to be a recurring theme as of late, but it’s been yet another week of volatile rates. Swap rates continue to move,...

What financial services can learn from the World Cup

Look, bear with us here. What does the World Cup have to do with financial services reviews? Well, more than you think actually! This summer,...

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Hinckley & Rugby widens mortgage criteria for borrowers with past credit problems

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a specialist mortgage range for borrowers who...

Andy Rowe leaves Zephyr after restructuring

Andy Rowe has left his position as head of sales at Zephyr Homeloans after...

TPFG financial services revenue rises to £13m

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) increased financial services revenue by 10% to £13m during...

Finance confidence improves despite economic gloom

Confidence across the finance and leasing industry improved during the second quarter despite most...

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