Bridging

Developers: know your market

United Trust Bank has said that the differences between recent house price indices highlight...

Manor Mortgages expands bridging panel

Manor Mortgages has added Masthaven Finance to its bridging lending panel. Masthaven is FSA regulated...

SPF Short Term Finance encouraged by post-launch activity

The specialist division of high-net-worth broker SPF Private Clients expressed satisfaction following its first...

Bridging and loan growth for Enterprise Finance

Enterprise Finance has claimed that in the first half of this year the number...

Dragonfly appoints credit manager

Brian Levin has joined Dragonfly Property Finance as credit manager. He was previously...

Masthaven Property Lending gets FSA authorisation

A subsidiary of Masthaven Group has gained FSA authorisation. Masthaven Property Lending has obtained authorisation...

Precise Mortgages’ commission boost from Positive Lending

Positive Lending is to pay introducers 1.50% for all completed Precise Mortgages' bridging business...

West One Loans appoints BDM

West One Loans has has appointed Keir Morris as a business development manager (BDM). He...

Precise added to Paradigm bridging panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has expanded its bridging lender panel following the addition of Precise...

New hire for United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank has appointed Bradley Illman to its case management team. He is...

The ASTL must drive the bridging industry forward

We need an active and dynamic trade association, writes Steven Nicholas, chief executive of...

UTB announces iPad winner

United Trust Bank has revealed the winner of its latest broker survey prize draw. Bryan...

New chief executive for the ASTL

Benson Hersch has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of the Association...

New funding for Tiuta

Tiuta says it has secured a major new funding arrangement. This follows the news that...

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The sourcing system effect in specialist lending

In specialist lending, the right fit for a client has never been as simple as picking the top rate from a list. In sectors like...

Why the Renters’ Rights Bill should be a wake-up call for advisers and landlords

The Renters’ Rights Bill is shaping up to be one of the most significant legislative changes to the private rented sector (PRS) in decades. Expected...

Living in a box. Am I living in a cardboard box?

More young people are living with their parents than ever before. The bank of Mum and Dad has evolved into the hotel of Mum and...

Accountants, brokers and the clash of expectations

There’s an old accountant’s joke about financial advisers: the difference between us is that advisers want to look richer than their clients, while accountants...

Rachel Geddes: Redefining what’s possible for brokers and borrowers

When Rachel Geddes picked up the phone after a job interview to ask her mum what a mortgage was, she didn’t realise she was...

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Mortgage industry rallies behind Christmas charity concert

Momentum is building fast behind this year’s Christmas charity concert in aid of EveryYouth...

First-time buyers put at the heart of Treasury mortgage talks

The government will urge lenders to put first-time buyers at the top of their...

Target urges lenders to treat mortgage servicing as a strategic asset

Target Group has called on mortgage lenders to rethink their approach to servicing, arguing...

Heron Financial launches AI training cohort and ethics committee

Heron Financial has launched an artificial intelligence training programme for staff alongside the creation...