Bridging

NACFB expo open for registration

Visitor registration is open for the sixth NACFB Commercial Finance Expo. Doors open at...

Openwork partners with Enterprise Finance

Openwork has signed a new partnership agreement with master broker Enterprise Finance. The network has around 3,000...

Omni Capital funds care home provider

Omni Capital has agreed a £30m committed debt facility with LNT Care Developments, a...

Mayfair Bridging hires new BDM

Mayfair Bridging has recruited Sunny Panwar into the role of business development manager. Panwar...

Record results for Crystal Mortgages

Crystal Mortgages issued terms on £664.3m worth of business in 2014, a 38.7% increase...

Eurozone crisis tops brokers’ fears

Brokers see a Eurozone recession and a change of government in Westminster as the...

New role for Neil Molyneux at Masthaven Finance

Neil Molyneux has been appointed to the newly created role of head of sales...

Fincorp launches ‘fees or no fees’ bridging

Bridging lender Fincorp has changed its position on fees by offering a 12-month refurbishment...

Dragonfly hires credit manager

Dragonfly Property Finance has appointed Cattrina Wigley as credit manager. Wigley has over 10 years...

Omni Capital funds 19-unit Chiswick development

Omni Capital has teamed up with developer Prime City Developments to fund the acquisition...

Key appointments for Masthaven Finance

Masthaven Finance has appointed Steve Brennan as head of underwriting for its bridging division. It...

60% of brokers expect H2 bank rate rise

A survey, carried out by United Trust Bank with brokers working in the...

Masthaven offers new consumer credit short-term product

Masthaven Secured Loans has relaunched its hybrid consumer credit regulated second charge bridging product. This follows a...

Roma Finance unveils service charter

Manchester-based bridging finance lender Roma Finance has introduced a new charter outlining the way...

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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