Bridging

Precise and NACFB partner over transparency

Precise Mortgages has partnered with the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) in...

West One Loans funds takeover of Knightsbridge pub

West One Loans has completed a £1.6m deal on a pub in Knightsbridge. The...

Borro sees large leap in property related loan apps

Borro has reported a 661% rise in property related loan applications from customers over...

Connaught Asset Management suspends another fund

Connaught Asset Management has "temporarily" suspended its Connaught Income Fund Series 2. This follows its...

Precise in bridging arrangement with seven distributors

Precise Mortgages has become the preferred bridging lender for seven mortgage distributors. The septet consists...

miLoanbroker sees first bridging completion

Y3S has revealed that a short-term loan generated through its miLoanbroker.com completed on Monday...

Transparency call from Bridgebank Capital

Bridgebank Capital has called for transparency in the market over fees. The bridging lender says...

Could you survive without proc fees?

Are you prepared for any possible changes to the procuration fee model, asks Steven...

West One Loans sees benefit from Vegas promotion

Broker enquiries for West One Loans have risen by 30% since it launched a...

The myth of lead generation

There is a noticeable trend towards performance based marketing and lead generation sits at...

Gilsenan to join Omni Capital

Omni Capital has announced the appointment of Martin Gilsenan as its new director of...

Positive Lending ‘preferred packager’ for Omni Capital

Positive Lending has been revealed as a 'preferred packager' for short-term lender Omni Capital. The...

COMMENT

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

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TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has launched a brand refresh intended to reflect its...

IMLA guide explains why fixed mortgage rates can rise before Bank Rate moves

IMLA has published a report and five-minute guide to help advisers explain how swap...

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