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Hope Capital beats completion records

Bridging lender Hope Capital has completed loans worth ten times more at the start...

Secured lending records best start to year since 2008

Loans Warehouse's latest secured loan index has revealed that January recorded the best month-one lending figures...

Society of Mortgage Professionals extend events agenda

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has extended its schedule of specialist mortgage and protection roadshows...

Foundation Home Loans tweaks criteria

Foundation Home Loans (FHL), which launched its first buy-to-let product portfolio to the intermediary market...

HSBC expands access to its buy-to-let range

HSBC buy-to-let mortgages are now available to HSBC Advance and Premier customers, subject to...

Zopa celebrates a decade in P2P lending

Peer-to-peer lender Zopa has marked the tenth anniversary of its service. The British business launched on...

LV= discounts income protection premium rates

LV= is offering a 5% discount on its income protection premium rates. The discount applies...

Majority ignorant over IHT threshold

62% of UK adults aged over 45 with assets above the individual inheritance tax...

Bank of Scotland unveils cashback offer

Bank of Scotland is offering first time buyers and home movers £500 cashback when...

Signature Private Finance expands distribution

Signature Private Finance has appointed Brilliant Solutions to its distribution panel. Nigel Robbins, Signature’s...

7% rise in consumer finance

Consumer finance new business fell by 1% in January 2015 compared with the same...

Asset finance new business up by 13% in January

Latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show growth in asset finance...

Vantage Finance secures full CCA permissions

Vantage Finance has been granted full CCA permissions by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA),...

New five-year deal from Halifax Intermediaries

Halifax Intermediaries has launched a new five year fixed mortgage for first-time buyers, homemovers...

COMMENT

Why landlords will continue to play a central role in meeting housing demand

This month’s Spring Statement may not have delivered dramatic housing announcements, but the data released alongside it paints a clear picture about the continued...

Debt awareness is as important for advisers as for clients

Debt Awareness Week, beginning on 16th March, provides a timely opportunity for reflection. The early months of the year have long been associated with...

Market may be overreacting to conflict-driven rate fears

Financial markets could be overreacting in the early days of the conflict as they take a second rate cut off the table this year. The...

The UK’s conveyancing conundrum explained

Why is conveyancing so slow in the UK? The average property transaction now takes between 14 and 20 weeks… and that is not taking...

The silent majority: what most financial services customers never tell you

If you work in financial services, you probably have a good handle on formal complaints. You know how many you get, how quickly they’re...

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BuildLoan unveils light renovation finance aimed at unmortgageable homes

BuildLoan has launched a new Light Renovation range designed to fund properties that require...

Target Group reports record low gender pay gap as progress continues

Target Group has reported its lowest ever gender pay gap, with the figure falling...

Regional rental trends diverge as affordability pressures persist

Rental price movements across the UK showed a mixed pattern in February, with regional...

Chetwood Bank appoints Darren Hodgson as BDM for the South

Chetwood Bank has appointed Darren Hodgson as business development manager covering the South of...

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