Bridging

Roma Finance appoints underwriter and boosts BTL funding

Roma Finance has announced both the appointment of Emma Barker as senior underwriter and...

Bridging lender hails record summer

Hope Capital has reported a surge in demand as the market emerges from lockdown. From...

BFS appoints North West BDM

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has appointed Damian Davies as business development manager in the...

Senior underwriter joins Hope Capital from Together

Mike Watson has been appointed as senior underwriter at Hope Capital. Watson (pictured) joins the short-term...

Roma Finance unveils new development finance and commercial solutions

Roma Finance has launched a new 'ground up' development finance product as well as...

Optimum Commercial appoints national sales director

Optimum Commercial has appointed Chris Duckworth to the position of national sales director. Duckworth (pictured) has...

The Loan Partnership selects OMS as primary provider

One Mortgage System (OMS) has been adopted by The Loan Partnership as its primary...

Bridging completions down 56% in Q2 

Members of the Association of Short-Term Lenders (ASTL) saw bridging completions reach £470m in...

Hope Capital unveils apprenticeship programme

Bridging lender Hope Capital has launched an apprenticeship scheme and taken on two new...

Enterprise Finance adds Roma Finance to panel

Enterprise Finance has added bridging, development and buy-to-let lender Roma Finance to its panel. ...

Tuscan Capital increases maximum LTVs

Tuscan Capital has introduced a new range of bridging products which restore maximum LTVs...

Glenhawk appoints CFO and finance director

Glenhawk has announced the appointments of Andrew Townsend as chief financial officer (CFO) and...

Criteria searches show effects of Covid-19

Knowledge Bank saw ‘Temporary Maximum LTV Restrictions’ as the leading broker search last month;...

Greenfield and Positive complete fast regulated bridge

Greenfield Mortgages has recently completed a regulated bridging loan in a tight timeframe. Nick Webb,...

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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