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The Attractive Way Loanpad Finds Borrowers Vs The Broker Way

Property peer-to-peer lending sites that use loan brokers or regional managers to attract borrowers always require an extra little bit of attention from 4thWay. Brokers don’t just do the initial assessment of a loan. They are also partly salespeople, selling the loans to banks and peer-to-peer lending sites. If not on a tight leash, they… Read more

Lending Works And HNW Lending PLUS Ratings Updates

HNW Lending PLUS Rating update HNW Lending* now has 3/3 PLUSes – the highest and top 4thWay PLUS Rating – on both its senior loans and junior loans. Previously, its junior loans had a 2/3 PLUS Rating. For junior loans, its 4thWay Risk Score ticked down one to 6/10, i.e. the score got one point… Read more

Thoughts On Lendy And BondMason Closures

This is just a brief note on the two recent P2P lending site closures. Lendy has closed after lenders suffered a high amount of late and bad debt, as well as very expensive legal problems, among other things. (I wrote about some of its issues last year in Lendy Sends Shockwaves But No Surprises.) BondMason… Read more

HNW Lending Review

Here is the most recent HNW Lending review from one of our experts. 4thWay’s Quick Expert HNW Lending Review A “swinger” with a high number of very secure loans and first loss usually paid by its directors HNW Lending Review: their best-rated product This account has been paying interest. Read about the 4thWay PLUS Ratings,… Read more

Create A Balanced ISA Portfolio

This is quite a bit of fun for me today. I’m going to look beyond peer-to-peer lending to my old, very well-trodden stomping ground of shares and savings, where I spent nearly 20 years of my life before peer-to-peer lending took over. If you want to form a portfolio of ISAs containing different kinds of… Read more

Proplend Review

This quick Proplend review, written by one of our experts, is taken from our comparison tables, where you can see reviews on most P2P lending sites. 4thWay’s Quick Expert Proplend Review Fantastically good security backed up by steady borrower income Proplend Review: their best-rated product This account has been paying interest after bad debts. Read… Read more

CapitalRise Review

Here’s the CapitalRise review from one of 4thWay’s experts: 4thWay’s Quick Expert CapitalRise Review Will be surprised if this one isn’t a good’un When did CapitalRise start? CapitalRise* has completed over since launch in 2016. What interesting or unique points does CapitalRise have? CapitalRise’s focus is prime central London development properties, which is a nice niche for lenders… Read more

LendingCrowd Review

4thWay’s LendingCrowd Review: with Business loans P2P site LendingCrowd*, you can select loans yourself to earn higher interest. Alternatively, you can split your money automatically between at least 20 loans – and no more than 5% of your money in any loan. Target interest rates are currently around 6% with automatic diversification or above 7%… Read more

UK Peer-to-Peer Lending For Overseas Residents

Here’s our list of P2P lending companies that you can lend through from overseas, i.e. outside the UK. And there’s another list below of those that you can’t. In addition to any requirements below, you may only open an IFISA if you are a UK taxpayer and have an National Insurance number. Overseas investors allowed… Read more

4thWay CEO’s 7 Top Property IFISA Picks

A property IFISA is a tax-free investment account where you can lend to borrowers who have real property – real estate – to back up those loans. This piece is based on a vast amount of research over many years. I could have easily made it about the top 10 or even 20 property IFISAs…. Read more

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Why are Wellesley’s interest rates different?

Wellesley’s P2P lending rates appear higher on its own website than on 4thWay®.

This is because we calculate Wellesley’s interest rates the same way most other P2P lending websites do. We do this so that you can compare the rates more easily and so that they show a more accurate picture of what you’ll earn.

Important information before you visit Wellesley & Co.

Wellesley & Co. is primarily a P2P lending website.

But, when you visit the Wellesley website, you’ll see that it also offers “bonds”. Unlike its P2P lending service, its bonds don’t allow you to lend directly to 100+ borrowers.

Instead, you lend to Wellesley and it lends to other borrowers.

We have not risk-rated either of those bonds, but we expect that their structure makes them more risky, particularly because you’re lending to just one borrower.

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Why are Wellesley’s interest rates different?

Wellesley’s P2P lending rates appear higher on its own website than on 4thWay®.

This is because we calculate Wellesley’s interest rates the same way most other P2P lending websites do. We do this so that you can compare the rates more easily and so that they show a more accurate picture of what you’ll earn.

Important information before you visit Wellesley & Co.

Wellesley & Co. is primarily a P2P lending website.

But, when you visit the Wellesley website, you’ll see that it also offers two “bonds”, one of which is available as an ISA.

Unlike its P2P lending service, neither of these bonds allows you to lend directly to 100+ borrowers.

Instead, you lend to Wellesley and it lends to other borrowers.

We have not risk-rated either of those bonds, but we expect that their structure makes them more risky, particularly because you’re lending to just one borrower.

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Why are Wellesley’s interest rates different?

Wellesley’s P2P lending rates appear higher on its own website than on 4thWay®.

This is because we calculate Wellesley’s interest rates the same way most other P2P lending websites do. We do this so that you can compare the rates more easily and so that they show a more accurate picture of what you’ll earn.

Important information before you visit Wellesley & Co.

Wellesley & Co. is primarily a P2P lending website.

But, when you visit the Wellesley website, you’ll see that it also offers two “bonds”, one of which is available as an ISA.

Unlike its P2P lending service, neither of these bonds allows you to lend directly to 100+ borrowers.

Instead, you lend to Wellesley and it lends to other borrowers.

We have not risk-rated either of those bonds, but we expect that their structure makes them more risky, particularly because you’re lending to just one borrower.

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Why are Orchard’s interest rates different?

Orchard’s lending rates appear higher on its own website than on 4thWay®.

This is because we calculate Orchard’s interest rates the same way most other P2P lending websites do. We do this so that you can compare the rates more easily and so that they show a more accurate picture of what you’ll earn.

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Why are Wellesley’s interest rates different?

Wellesley’s P2P lending rates appear higher on its own website than on 4thWay®.

This is because we calculate Wellesley’s interest rates the same way most other P2P lending websites do. We do this so that you can compare the rates more easily and so that they show a more accurate picture of what you’ll earn.

Important information before you visit Wellesley & Co.

Wellesley & Co. is primarily a P2P lending website.

But, when you visit the Wellesley website, you’ll see that it also offers “bonds”. Unlike its P2P lending service, its bonds don’t allow you to lend directly to 100+ borrowers.

Instead, you lend to Wellesley and it lends to other borrowers.

We have not risk-rated either of those bonds, but we expect that their structure makes them more risky, particularly because you’re lending to just one borrower.

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