Bridging

Central Bridging provides £2m second charge bridge

Central Bridging has completed a £2m second charge bridging loan in 10 working days. The...

UTB appoints head of product development

Simon Burnell, formerly director of sales at Vida Homeloans, has joined United Trust Bank...

30% of brokers expect zero growth in 2019

United Trust Bank’s latest broker sentiment survey has found that 51% of brokers operating...

£500k bridge arranged in seven hours

Broker Finance 4 Business (F4B) and specialist lender Together have announced the completion of...

CSF competes first Precise refurb BTL case

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has finalised its first Precise Mortgages’ Refurb Buy to Let...

High LTV mortgages remain a priority for brokers

Knowledge Bank has revealed the the top five most searched criteria by brokers during November...

Record month for Glenhawk

Glenhawk originated £9.28 million of loans during November, a record month for the business. 11 loans...

BFS provides £634k to repeat development finance customer

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has finalised a short term finance agreement for £634,000 with...

RBS triples Roma Finance funding line

Roma Finance has secured a major increase of its funding facility with the Royal Bank...

42% of finance brokers have no Brexit plans

United Trust Bank’s latest broker sentiment survey has found that 42% of brokers operating...

Octopus Property provides £12.6m loan for Isle of Dogs deal

Octopus Property is to provide residential developer London Green and equity partner Orlandis Capital...

LendInvest provides £19.3m development loan for South West housing scheme

LendInvest, has provided a developer with a £19.3 million loan to fund a large...

500 pre-register for Lenderlink sourcing platform

Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG) has started the roll out its free Lenderlink sourcing tool. Users...

Martin Gilsenan joins Iron Bridge Finance board

Iron Bridge Finance has announced the immediate appointment of Martin Gilsenan to its main...
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Opinions & blogs

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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Compliance

SortRefer marks 17 years with record month for instructions and completions

SortRefer has marked its 17th anniversary after reporting its strongest monthly performance to date...
News

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates on selected new business deals

The Mortgage Works is cutting selected buy-to-let and let-to-buy rates by up to 0.20...
Appointments

Primis promotes three in push to expand recruitment and regional broker support

Primis has promoted three senior executives as it seeks to recruit more adviser firms...
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Santander cuts higher LTV rates for first-time buyers and home movers

Santander is cutting selected fixed mortgage rates across its first-time buyer, home mover and...

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