Specialist home lenders in the UK are taking a bigger share of the mortgage market while the largest are seeing more modest growth, a new analysis of property finance shows. Last year there was increased completion for business although overall lending was down by 4% compared with 2016, according to the mortgage report from UK Finance, which represents 97% of the home lending market. Growth in new lending was strongest amongst lenders ranked 21 to 30 in 2017, who lent £3 billion more for housing than in the previous year, a growth rate of 40%. Although Lloyds, which tops the lending table, has continued to increase lending activity with a 7% rise compared to 2016, the […]