Bridging

SJW Property Finance beats first year targets

Manchester-based property firm SJW Property Finance says its first year of trading has exceeded...

First Merchant joins ASTL

First Merchant has joined the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) as an associate...

New range and rate reductions from Masthaven

Bridging lender Masthaven Finance has changed its product offering and improved lending options. New products include: Lending...

Crystal Mortgages rebrands to highlight core markets

Midlands-based Crystal Mortgages has rebranded to Crystal Specialist Finance. It is highlighting five distinctive...

Roz Cawood joins Lendinvest

Lendinvest has announced that Roz Cawood has joined as national account manager. She joins from...

New bridging report launched

Bridging finance participants have launched a new report highlighting the latest trends shaping the...

Robert Owen joins United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank has appointed industry veteran Robert Owen as director of specialist mortgages. ...

Aldermore improves bridging proposition

Aldermore is offering discounted valuation fees and increased procuration fees for brokers in bridging...

Roma Finance appoints lending manager

Bridging finance provider Roma Finance has promoted Daniel Hill to the position of lending manager.  Hill (pictured) has worked at Roma...

Smart Money: ignore Scotland at your peril

Smart Money has argued that Scotland represents untapped value for the specialist lending market,...

West One Loans hails “big start” to 2015

West One Loans completed more than £80m worth of loans in the first quarter...

Brokers still dissatisfied with solicitor responses

Amicus's annual broker survey has found that 73% of brokers continue to be dissatisfied...

Dragonfly hires internal BDM

Dragonfly Property Finance has recruited Daniel Murray as an internal business development manager. Murray joins...

Mortgage Business Expo to visit Yorkshire

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has signed up over 40 major financial companies, including specialist...
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COMMENT

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,...

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estate agents

Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

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

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...
Mortgages

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

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

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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