Bridging

London Credit extends valuation fee promotion

London Credit has extended its promotion to refund 100% of the valuation fee on...

Paradigm bolsters bridging finance lender panel

Paradigm has added residential and commercial bridging loan provider TAB to its lender panel. ...

Aldermore provides £47m refinance loan to Leeds property firm

Aldermore Bank has provided a subsidiary of the Pickard Properties Group with a £47m...

Tony Hall expands remit at Saffron BS

Saffron Building Society has revealed that Tony Hall will be taking on an expanded...

New specialist real estate advisory business launches

Mortimer Street Capital has launched as a specialist real estate advisory business providing clients...

Lloyds Bank joins FIBA lender panel

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has announced the appointment of Lloyds Bank...

Suros Capital sees enquiry growth for tax bills

Suros Capital has revealed an increase in applications for urgent funding to pay tax...

Shawbrook cuts rates across its real estate product offering

Shawbrook has announced a wide range of rate reductions across its real estate product...

LendInvest Mortgages launches new bridge products

LendInvest Mortgages has launched two new 85% LTV products that support borrowers looking to...

MFS reveals 49 internal promotions in 2023

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has revealed that 49 team members gained promotions in 2023,...

Brightstar partners with LIBF to deliver CPSP

The Brightstar Group is adopting a group-wide strategy to support team members achieve the...

Alternative Bridging offers refunded valuation and legal fees

Alternative Bridging Corporation has introduced its 'Winter Promotion' offering to refund valuation and lender...

Hope Capital announces key internal promotions

Hope Capital has made a number of important promotions within its team. Charlie Gregory, who...

Enra Specialist Finance reports record trading results in 2023

Enra Specialist Finance, the parent company of specialist lender West One Loans and specialist...

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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