Bridging

Kuflink Bridging hires marketing manager

Kuflink Bridging has appointed Susan McBoyle as its new marketing manager as it continues its...

New bridging lender joins trade body

Aspen Bridging has become the latest member to join the Association of Short Term Lenders...

Goldentree extends its social media activity

Goldentree has relaunched their Twitter account, @GoldentreeFS, and will also be releasing marketing materials...

Black Book Finance reaches £1m Castle Trust milestone

Black Book Finance has completed £1 million worth of business with Castle Trust in...

Borro introduces 48-hour bridging valuation guarantee

Borro is offering brokers and their clients a guarantee that every valuation for a...

RICS: transactions and buyer enquiries both flat

The February 2017 RICS UK Residential Market Survey shows key activity indicators in the sales...

Octopus Property cuts refurb loan rate

Octopus Property has reduced rates on its refurbishment loan. The revised product will still offer clients...

Takeover bid for Shawbrook Bank

Shawbrook Bank has confirmed that it has received a takeover bid for the business...

Octopus in four-day turnaround on large commercial bridge

Octopus Property has completed an urgent commercial bridging loan to fund the acquisition of a £24m...

Trio of appointments for Goldentree

Goldentree Financial Services has announced three appointments. Scott Hannah moves to a business development manager...

New member for the ASTL

Pivot is the latest lender to join the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL). Pivot is...

AOBP confirms April forum details

The April forum of the Association of Bridging Professionals’ (AOBP) will take place on...

West One optimistic for 2017 bridging market

The latest West One Bridging Index has reported that gross annual bridging lending fell...

Together strengthens development finance team

Together has appointed a new head of development funding. Ian Pickering, who has worked for...

COMMENT

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...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Latest news

The Darlington trims mortgage rates by up to 20bps

Darlington Building Society has reduced selected rates across its residential, specialist residential, shared ownership,...

Brokers review sourcing technology as demand grows for connected systems

Mortgage brokers are increasingly reassessing their technology stacks, with sourcing systems emerging as the...

Rosemount expands internship programme with two Cardiff Business School students

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has welcomed two new interns from Cardiff Business School as...

West Brom cuts shared ownership mortgage rates

West Brom Building Society has reduced selected shared ownership mortgage rates by up to...

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