Bridging

Bridger hires internal BDM

Dragonfly Property Finance has recruited Charlotte Williams as an internal business development manager . She...

Bridging brokers have high expectations for the year

68% of brokers operating in the bridging sector expect to complete more bridging loan...

Best six months for Dragonfly

Dragonfly Property Finance has reported its best six months to date, seeing it break...

Blemain Group develops broker portal

Blemain Group has further developed its broker portal, My Broker Venue. The automated...

New associate member for the ASTL

Law firm Moore Blatch has joined the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) as...

FSE London registration open

Registration is open for Front Events' third London Financial Services Expo. The two-day show, to be...

Precise restructures sales team

Precise Mortgages has restructured its sales team in advance of the implementation of the Mortgage...

Connect Mortgage Club adopts Twenty7Tec sourcing platform

Connect Mortgage Club has selected the Twenty7Tec's combined mortgage, secured loan and bridging sourcing system as...

Bridging finance demand continues to grow

The second quarter of 2015 saw UK bridging lending activity increase, as uncertainty over...

United Trust Bank joins the FLA

United Trust Bank has become a member of the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA). ...

Titlesolv joins ASTL

Titlesolv, which offers title insurance in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, has joined...

NACFB to hold EGM

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) is inviting all its members to a special...

New MD for APAC Systems

Peter Heigho has become managing director of specialist financial technology business APAC Systems. He has 25 years’...

Vince Cable to speak at ASTL annual conference

Vince Cable, the former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and MP...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

Latest news

Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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