Secured loans and bridging loans news.

03/02/2012 - Bridging Lenders to enter market

06/12/2011 - Shawbrook Bank to enter bridging loans market

19/10/2011 - Secured Loan Lender rebrands

06/10/2011 - Secured loan lending improving

09/09/2011 - Lender fined £630,000.

22/08/2011 - Link Loans bought by Whiteaway Laidlaw bank.

09/08/2011 - Magistrate steals to pay secured loan

23/06/2011 - Secured loan lender warned

02/06/2011 - Ban on upfront loan fees ?

26/01/2011 - Secured Loans to be regulated by FSA

21/12/2010 - UK Secured Loans fall 20% October 2010

07/12/2010 - More4 Loans adds First European Securities to its panel

10/11/2010 - Secured lender Black Horse Finance to cease trading.

05/11/2010 - Link Loans raises LTVs on its secured loans for self employed

05/11/2010 - Bridging Loans Lender fined by FSA

26/10/2010 - Secured Loan Lending drops 19%

18/10/2010 - New Secured Loan lender to enter the market.

30/09/2010 - Secured Loan defaults fall

19/08/2010 - Kensington Mortgages increase LTV and max loan

12/08/2010 - More4 Loans buys secured loans park site.

15/07/2010 - Redstone Mortgages fined £630,000 by FSA

08/07/2010 - Sheffield mortgage brokers fined by FSA

20/05/2010 - HIP's suspended with immediate effect.

11/05/2010 - Aldermore Bank launches buy to let mortgage range

10/05/2010 - Bank of England base rate held at 0.5%

10/05/2010 - Buy to let mortgages to hit £25b by 2014

10/05/2010 - The Mortgage Works increases LTV's

06/04/2010 - The Mortgage Works improves buy-to-let range

29/03/2010 - Kensington Mortgages to consider CCJ's

26/03/2010 - Dream Money closes its doors.

25/03/2010 - Mathon Finance enters administration

22/03/2010 - Aldermore considers target market.

22/03/2010 - Godiva launches new buy to let mortgages

11/03/2010 - Link Loans launch new secured loan products

09/03/2010 - C & G to launch buy-to-let mortgage deals

08/03/2010 - Kensington mortgages launches new products

08/03/2010 - Aldermore to re-enter mortgage market

03/03/2010 - The Mortgage Works re-enters buy-to-let market

03/03/2010 - Provident Financial to shed 185 jobs

23/02/2010 - John Charcol enters administration

05/02/2010 - Welcome Finance to close more branches

27/01/2010 - Yorkshire Building Society launches 2 mortgage deals.

26/01/2010 - Black Horse Finance to close all branches

16/12/2009 - Bright Finance closes in doors.

11/12/2009 - Cheshire Mort Co suspends all self employed lending

01/12/2009 - House prices rise for 7th month in a row.

01/12/2009 - First Direct launches 2.58% tracker mortgage

19/11/2009 - Gross mortgage lending up 5% in Oct 2009

17/11/2009 - 1808 coalition seek Stamp Duty reform

13/11/2009 - Beacon Homeloans cease new lending

11/11/2009 - Lloyds to axe a furrther 5000 jobs

04/11/2009 - Platform Funding withdraws from self cert mortgages

30/10/2009 - New Lending Code to be launched.

30/10/2009 - GMAC fined £2.8m

27/10/2009 - Nationwide launches securitisation deal

19/10/2009 - FSA wants a ban on self cert mortgages

15/10/2009 - Cheryl Martin murdered in Rotherham

15/10/2009 - FSA to investigate Mortgage Times

14/10/2009 - Link Lending to close

14/10/2009 - CML says self cert mortgages should not be banned

09/10/2009 - TMW pulls all mortgage self certification

08/10/2009 - Alliance & Leicester cuts rates on remortgage deals

06/10/2009 - Woolwich cuts tracker rate to 2.79%

01/10/2009 - More securitisation deals on the way

25/09/2009 - Abbey launches broker-only mortgage range

16/09/2009 - Woolwich launches 1.98% tracker mortgage.

15/09/2009 - Lenders pledge £38bn for new loans.

10/09/2009 - Base rate held at 0.5% again.

03/09/2009 - Cattles to close 30 branches of Welcome Finance

28/08/2009 - House prices increase by 1.7% in July 2009

26/08/2009 - Self certification mortgages at 2% of market share

20/08/2009 - Mortgage approval rates hit 80%

20/08/2009 - Gross mortgage lending up 26%

03/08/2009 - Needaloan to close.

29/07/2009 - First European Securities begins lending again.

29/07/2009 - Early signs of a recovery ?

29/07/2009 - Abbey claims higher share of mortgage market.

22/07/2009 - Network Data AR's to get nothing.

22/07/2009 - Mortgage lending increases June 2009

15/07/2009 - Black Horse increases secured loan LTV to 80%.

09/07/2009 - Base rate held at 0.5% for 4th successive month.

09/07/2009 - Nationwide to offer 125% LTV mortgages to existing customer.

06/07/2009 - Northern Rock offers remortgage deals for existing clients

26/06/2009 - Loan Options ceases trading.

25/06/2009 - The Mortgage Works pulls all its Buy To Let Mortgages

04/06/2009 - House prices rise by 2.6% in May 2009

04/06/2009 - Base rate held at 0.5%.

13/05/2009 - Link Lending new funding lines.

07/05/2009 - Lenders loosen their crtieria

07/05/2009 - Base rate held at 0.5%

28/04/2009 - Welcome Car Finance to close.

07/04/2009 - Loans etc to close

06/04/2009 - Blemain Finance to boost lending

30/03/2009 - GE Money Home Lending withdraws from secured loans

25/03/2009 - FISA to close in April 2009

24/03/2009 - Doncaster Mortgage Broker censured

16/03/2009 - Central Trust to shed 180 jobs.

06/03/2009 - GE Money to scrap Igroup loans products

04/03/2009 - Magic Loans goes into liquidation

03/03/2009 - 1st Stop Finance goes into administration

27/02/2009 - First European Securities funding

23/02/2009 - Welcome Finance suspends secured loan lending

29/01/2009 - Paragon Finance to limit secured loan lending

12/01/2009 - Y3S Loans future in doubt

12/01/2009 - Loanmakers future uncertain

08/01/2009 - Welcome Finance to lose 1,000 staff.

08/01/2009 - First European Securities announces further funding.

08/01/2009 - Bank of England base rate lowest ever.

08/01/2009 - Bristol & West withdraws from intermediary mortgage market

08/01/2009 - Bank of Ireland withdraws from intermediary market

23/12/2008 - Specialist loan company Welcome Finance restricts lending

01/12/2008 - London Scottish Bank goes into administration

19/11/2008 - White Label Loans withdraws from market

14/11/2008 - Loans.co.uk closes its doors

11/11/2008 - Lowest ever secured loans from 6.75% APR ?

06/11/2008 - Bank of England cut rates 1.5% - Nov 2008

31/10/2008 - House prices still higher than 2003

29/10/2008 - Personal loan rates uncertain

29/10/2008 - Bank of England may reduce rates to zero

14/10/2008 - More4loans to offer RBOS loans

08/10/2008 - Bank of England cuts rates Oct 2008

03/09/2008 - Charterhouse Mortgages to enter liquidation

22/07/2008 - White Label Loans withdraws all self-cert products

15/07/2008 - Nemo loans withdraw self-cert products

10/07/2008 - Bank of England MPC keeps rates at 5%

08/07/2008 - Firstplus exits secured loan market August 2008

23/06/2008 - Nemo confirms no plans to withdraw

19/06/2008 - FirstPlus withdraws self-cert range

17/06/2008 - EPF withdraws from secured loan market