Bridging

Commercial brokers remain firm on Brexit

92% of brokers working in the fields of asset, bridging and development finance would...

Q2 rise in bridging loan applications

The value of applications for bridging loans increased in the quarter ended 30 June 2016...

West One Loans’ co-founder quits

Duncan Kreeger of West One Loans is leaving the business that he co-founded. Kreeger (pictured)...

Development finance hires for Fortwell Capital

Fortwell Capital has made two key appointments to its development finance operation. Arthur Jennings has...

Cooling in bridging finance demand

There was a fall in demand for bridging loans during the second quarter of...

John Malone ends Positive chairmanship

John Malone has completed his stint as non-executive chairman of Positive Lending. He spent a year as...

Five new faces for TFC Homeloans

TFC Homeloans has increased its headcount by five. The new recruits will work across...

Master broker appoints new finance director

Vantage Finance has announced the appointment of James Hussey as its new finance director. Hussey (pictured) is...

Dragonfly hires pair of credit managers

Dragonfly Property Finance has recruited Dan Thorne and Edward Macan as credit managers. Thorne joins...

LendInvest hires BDM for Scotland

LendInvest has appointed Peter McDermid as a business development manager (BDM) for Scotland. McDermid will...

Bridgebank adds to business development team

Bridgebank Capital has appointed Sarah Fisher to its business development team, to support the company’s...

In praise of the accountant

In the world of professional services there are few more important needs than a...

New appointments at Roma Finance

Roma Finance has appointed Steve Baker, previously managing director (retail) at Together Money, as...

Brokers being hit by delays post-MCD

Bridging lender MTF’s latest Broker Sentiment Survey has revealed that delays to mortgage applications...

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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