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P2P lending has consistently earned lenders with sensible strategies a massively inflation beating return, since it came about in 2005. It has done so much more stably than the stock market, which has seen every third year being a loss year for share investors, after investing costs, compared to no down years for P2P lending!

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The Remarkable Long-Term Performance Of P2P Lending

4thWay has long collated more data on peer-to-peer lending than probably anyone else, stretching back to the very first P2P loan ever made. And now, we have sufficient data from a large enough number of important P2P lending providers to start accurately tracking performance. So...

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What Peer-To-Peer Lending Cashback Is Available?

I'm back! It's been ages since I told you about anything through 4thWay, so I'm pleased to take you through the latest on cashback. Whatever happened to P2P lending cashback? A few years ago, the regulator banned cashback, which had been used to lure people...

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Why The Best Time To Lend Is Now

Borrowers were hit hard over 2022 and 2023. Property prices were unclear and somewhat rocky. And those who were borrowing to complete property developments have been suffering a shortage of workers. The worst for borrowers though was rocketing inflation. That didn't just push up interest...

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