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West One Loans funds takeover of Knightsbridge pub

West One Loans has completed a £1.6m deal on a pub in Knightsbridge. The...

Borro sees large leap in property related loan apps

Borro has reported a 661% rise in property related loan applications from customers over...

Connaught Asset Management suspends another fund

Connaught Asset Management has "temporarily" suspended its Connaught Income Fund Series 2. This follows its...

Precise in bridging arrangement with seven distributors

Precise Mortgages has become the preferred bridging lender for seven mortgage distributors. The septet consists...

miLoanbroker sees first bridging completion

Y3S has revealed that a short-term loan generated through its miLoanbroker.com completed on Monday...

Transparency call from Bridgebank Capital

Bridgebank Capital has called for transparency in the market over fees. The bridging lender says...

Could you survive without proc fees?

Are you prepared for any possible changes to the procuration fee model, asks Steven...

West One Loans sees benefit from Vegas promotion

Broker enquiries for West One Loans have risen by 30% since it launched a...

The myth of lead generation

There is a noticeable trend towards performance based marketing and lead generation sits at...

Gilsenan to join Omni Capital

Omni Capital has announced the appointment of Martin Gilsenan as its new director of...

Positive Lending ‘preferred packager’ for Omni Capital

Positive Lending has been revealed as a 'preferred packager' for short-term lender Omni Capital. The...

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The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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Halifax retains top spot in broker satisfaction survey

Halifax has once again been named the best overall lender for broker experience in...

Nationwide cuts switcher mortgage rates for existing borrowers

Nationwide is reducing rates across its switcher mortgage range for existing customers by up...

Hinckley & Rugby adds visa mortgage products to offering

Hinckley & Rugby for intermediaries has launched four two-year discount visa mortgage products across...

NatWest strengthens broker support with intermediary team expansion

NatWest has expanded its intermediary leadership team with the creation of two new corporate...

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