Bridging

Oblix Capital hires regional development manager

Short term bridging and development finance provider Oblix Capital has appointed of Steve Woods...

Shawbrook removes STL expiry margin increase

Shawbrook Bank has announced the removal of the 3% margin increase across its short...

Brightstar launches development finance division

Specialist lending distributor Brightstar has unveiled a new division to deal with its increasing demand...

Trio join Clever Lending

Master broker Clever Lending has made three new sales manager appointments. The trio will handle...

Amicus hires relationship manager

Mark Harrison has been appointed by Amicus as relationship manager. He joins the short-term lender...

West One Loans modernises its investment process

West One Loans has launched an online platform for its investors. The bridging lender claims...

Bridging lender refreshes product range

Bridging lender Roma Finance has created new products to suit clients looking to fund HMOs,...

UTB: planning proposals “good news” for developers

United Trust Bank has welcomed the government’s permitted development proposals. The proposals were part of...

New hires for Dragonfly

Dragonfly Property Finance has made three more additions to its team. Emma Burke and Tim...

Key new development finance deal from Bridging Finance Solutions

Bridging Finance Solutions has launched Next Step Development, a product aimed at enabling developers...

Signature Private Finance hires new finance director

Signature Private Finance has appointed David Hughes to the role of finance director. He was...

Significant quarterly rise in bridging lending

During the third quarter of 2015 there was a 33% rise in bridging lending...

Sesame adds Oakbridge Financial Services to panel

Sesame has broadened the provision of bridging loan products available to its network members...

BLG Development Finance grows team

BLG Development Finance has made a pair of appointments in its surveying and new...

COMMENT

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge on Sunday and will finish on Friday this...

A BBR decision rooted in caution, not complacency

The Bank of England MPC’s decision to hold Bank Base Rate (BBR) will come as a welcome outcome for many across the mortgage market,...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 10

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge yesterday and will finish on Friday this week....

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 9

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge from 10-15 May. There are now 72...

When the market gets messy, control matters more than ever

There is a tendency to look at the current market and focus purely on activity levels, particularly after the recent spike driven by lender...

Latest news

Conveyancing delays push exchange times past 100 days

The average home that exchanged contracts in April had gone under offer 104 days...

Equifinance launches broker portal for second charge cases

Equifinance has released its new broker portal, ECHO, giving introducers an end-to-end process for...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk &...

Third of protection clients nearly cancelled cover before claiming

Almost a third of protection claimants at Waddle Insurance had considered cancelling or had...

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