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New BDM for Hope Capital

Hope Capital has appointed a new business development manager (BDM) for the North and...

New hire at Bridging Finance Solutions

Barbara Corbett has joined Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) as finance controller.  Formerly a management accountant...

Small developments avoid affordable housing obligations

Last week the Court of Appeal reinstated government policy relieving developers from affordable housing...

P2P launch sees Alpha Bridging rebrand

Alpha Bridging is rebranding as Kuflink Bridging as it launches a new peer to peer...

The growth of alternative lending in development finance

There was a time, not that long ago, when the world of development finance...

Brightstar reveals EasySource launch date

Brightstar has announced that its specialist sourcing system and case management tool, EasySource, will...

Trio of lenders integrate with APAC’s mortgage software

Precise Mortgages, Shawbrook Bank and Together have become the first three lenders to begin to...

LendInvest pulls development finance exit fee

LendInvest has removed the exit fee charged on development finance deals. A 2% fee was until...

New external BDMs for Dragonfly

Dragonfly Property Finance has recruited Chris Holden and Lauren Gill as external business development...

New associate member for the ASTL

Smith & Williamson LLP has joined the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) as...

Crystal’s completions up 153%

Crystal Specialist Finance issued terms on £401m worth of business from January to March,...

LendInvest to move into longer-term loans

LendInvest has secured a warehouse financing facility with Macquarie for an initial amount of...

NACFB on schedule to meet ‘road map’

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) says it is on track to meet...

LendInvest pleased with development finance start

LendInvest's development finance team has now written 14 deals since launch, ranging from £400,000 to £10...

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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...

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BuildLoan launches World Cup predictor for brokers

BuildLoan has launched a World Cup prediction competition for UK mortgage brokers, with cash...

FRP arranges £4.1m refinance for York student accommodation scheme

FRP Real Estate Advisory has arranged a £4.1m commercial term facility to refinance a...

Investor backs secondary retail prospects with Essex acquisition

An investor has highlighted the continuing appeal of well-located secondary retail assets after completing...

The Mortgage Works signals buy-to-let rate reductions

The Mortgage Works is cutting rates by up to 0.22 percentage points across selected...

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