Bridging

Together reports “solid performance” for last quarter

Together has reported that profit before tax for the first quarter of 2019 was...

MFS appoints BDM

Bridging lender Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has hired its third business development manager for...

Signature appoints lending manager in Scotland

Signature Private Finance has appointed Alan Coats as its latest lending manager. He will be...

UTB appointed to Connect for Intermediaries’ panel

United Trust Bank (UTB) products are now available to Connect for Intermediaries brokers, providing...

Castle Trust partners with Platinum Options

Castle Trust has embarked upon a partnership with commercial specialist, Platinum Options, with an...

Brokers increasingly searching for where lenders will lend

Lending in Wales and Scotland were amongst top five criteria searches for the first...

Precise Mortgages appoints London South West BDM

Precise Mortgages has appointed a new business development manager (BDM) to support brokers in...

Fiduciam completes £9m development deal

Fiduciam has completed a £9m development loan for student accommodation in northern England. The firm...

Fall in average monthly bridging interest rate

The latest Bridging Trends research has found that the average monthly interest rate on...

Aspen helps client to Finish & Exit

Aspen Bridging’s Finish & Exit product has helped a client who had previously been...

Internal promotion at Octane Capital

Octane Capital has promoted Oli Greenspan from his position of head of internal sales to head...

Hope Capital hires five new faces

Hope Capital has tripled the size of its business development team following new appointments. The...

Chris Parr to run new Manchester office for Fiduciam

Fiduciam is aiming to expand its lending activities in the north of England and...

United Trust Bank to support Refuge

Staff at United Trust Bank have chosen national charity Refuge to be the Bank’s...

COMMENT

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

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TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has launched a brand refresh intended to reflect its...

IMLA guide explains why fixed mortgage rates can rise before Bank Rate moves

IMLA has published a report and five-minute guide to help advisers explain how swap...

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