Lay of the land

The property market is facing uncertain times, but this is when peer-to-peer lenders can prove their mettle, as Marc Shoffman reports…

PROPERTY LENDING IS one of the most diverse areas of peer-to-peer lending. Platforms are offering everything from property development … Read More

Landbay bolsters regional sales team

LANDBAY, the peer-to-peer lender focused on buy-to-let mortgages, has boosted its regional sales team with a new appointment and two promotions.

Helen McKinney has joined from OneSavings Bank as head of sales for the southern region, while Ian Hall and … Read More

Navigating the tax landscape

The maze of UK tax legislation can be tricky for peer-to-peer investors to navigate, but Andrew Saunders is here to guide you…

IT’S UNLIKELY THAT Benjamin Franklin – 18th century polymath and one of the founding fathers of the USA … Read More

Landbay steps up retail marketing in 2019

LANDBAY is renewing its focus on the retail investor in 2019 and is also looking to diversify its array of institutional funders.

The buy-to-let peer-to-peer lender has spent the last 18 months focused on scaling up the business, boosted by … Read More

Forget me not? Why Zopa’s P2P roots will still be important for its bank

ZOPA’S long-awaited banking licence has finally come through, but what does this mean for the wider peer-to-peer lending sector?

The world’s oldest P2P lender has, in some ways, gone full circle with its plans to launch a bank.

It was … Read More

Landbay: London property prices putting a brake on UK market

STAGNANT house prices in London are acting as a brake on UK house price growth elsewhere, according to Landbay chief executive John Goodall (pictured).

The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) house price index shows that UK house prices increased … Read More

Landbay reaches £200m lending landmark

LANDBAY has hailed its quality service and strong broker relationships as it reached the £200m lending milestone this week.

The peer-to-peer property platform, which purely focuses on buy-to-let mortgages (BTL), said it had reached the landmark with a track record … Read More

The Peer2Peer Finance News Power 50 2018

The 2018 Peer2Peer Finance News Power 50 demonstrates just how much this multi-billionpound industry has achieved over the past year.

Our definitive annual list of the 50 most influential people in the UK’s P2P sector includes the head of the … Read More

Mortgage lending slows in September

THE UK mortgage market softened during September, according to the latest figures from UK Finance.

The trade association’s data found that gross mortgage lending across the residential market in September equated to £21.5bn, a 1.2 per cent decrease from the … Read More

Landbay reaps rewards of BTL tax changes

LANDBAY has seen its lending volumes triple in recent months thanks to the fall-out from the buy-to-let (BTL) tax changes and a major hiring spree.

John Goodall (pictured), chief executive of the peer-to-peer BTL mortgage lender, said lending volumes for … Read More