Nephew of Aussie Home Loans founder John Symond ‘sells’ $14m Sydney apartment

Nephew of Aussie Home Loans founder John Symond ‘sells his Walsh Bay apartment with harbour views for more than $14MILLION’ By Kristy Johnson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:08 BST, 21 May 2021 | Updated: 01:09 BST, 21 May 2021 James Symond, the nephew of Aussie Home Loans founder John Symond, has reportedly sold his … Read more

Nationwide offers £500 cashback on loans for green homes 

Nationwide offers £500 cashback on mortgages for buyers of energy efficient homes By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 27 April 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 27 April 2021 Buyers of energy efficient homes can earn £500 cashback with a Nationwide mortgage. Most homes sold in the UK need an Energy Performance … Read more

Government plans ‘Grand Designs’ loans in self-build boost

Government plans a £150m Grand Designs-style revolution by giving low-cost loans to those looking to build or customise their own homes Help to Build scheme is designed to make building or customising homes a realistic option for Britons to get on housing ladder via low-deposit mortgages It follows Help to Buy scheme for first-time buyers, … Read more

Banks poised to call back billions in Covid loans

Fears for small firms as banks prepare to claw back billions in Covid loans HSBC, NatWest, Barclays and Lloyds have begun sending letters to customers  Banks are allocating hundreds of extra staff to spearhead the recovery efforts They have handed out more than £75bn to 1.6m firms under Government scheme By Helen Cahill and Emma … Read more

Small companies used Covid Bounce Back loans to invest

More than half of small companies used Covid Bounce Back loans to adapt and invest in their business By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:01 BST, 5 April 2021 | Updated: 00:01 BST, 5 April 2021 More than half of small companies used Covid Bounce Back loans to adapt and invest in their … Read more

David Cameron ‘lobbied ANOTHER Tory Treasury minister for loans’ to Greensill

David Cameron ‘lobbied ANOTHER Tory Treasury minister for loans’ to rescue collapsed finance firm Greensill David Cameron ‘contacted financial secretary to the Treasury Jesse Norman’ Did so while trying to get access to chancellor Rishi Sunak, it has been claimed  Norman known to the PM, serving as Downing Street policy advisor from 2013  By Henry … Read more

Amigo Loans scheme to safeguard its survival approved by High Court

Britain’s largest guarantor lender Amigo Loans has been given the green light by the High Court to proceed with a scheme designed to cap the cost of compensation for mis-sold loans. Up to 1million current and past borrowers potentially given unaffordable loans as long ago as 2005 will now have until 12 May to vote … Read more

David Cameron texted Rishi Sunak lobbying him to grant loans to Greensill before it went bust

David Cameron texted Rishi Sunak lobbying him to grant hundreds of millions of taxpayer-funded loans to stricken financial firm Greensill before it went bust The former prime minister is said to have texted the Chancellor’s private mobile  Mr Sunak ignored most of the messages and instead referred him to officials  Labour called for an inquiry … Read more

Amigo Loans on borrowed time in court wait

Amigo Loans heading for crunch court decision that could tip lender into administration, leaving 700,000 borrowers without compensation By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 20 March 2021 | Updated: 22:47 GMT, 20 March 2021 Amigo Loans is heading for a crunch court decision that could tip the lender into administration, leaving … Read more

Ombudsman complaints: Guarantor loans replace PPI

Thousands of Britons are complaining to the Financial Ombudsman Service about being mis-sold unaffordable guarantor loans, new figures reveal, as Payment Protection Insurance was finally dethroned as the most complained about financial product. Complaints about PPI numbered 6,679, meaning it was not the most complained about product in a three-month period for the first time … Read more