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Octane Capital completes on limited building coverage deal

Octane Capital has completed a £650,000 bridging loan for the purchase of an industrial unit...

Bridging Finance Solutions appoints head of sales

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has appointed John Hardman has its new head of sales. Hardman...

Shift towards ‘preretirement’ continues

The move to ‘pretirement’ – where people gradually scale back on work or change...

Continued record growth for equity release plan sales

Retired homeowners cashed in £1.25 billion of property wealth in the first half of...

The Loughborough unveils FTB family deposit deal

The Loughborough Building Society has launched its First Time Buyer Family Deposit mortgage. Aimed at...

Bankhall unveils new mortgage, protection and GI compliance solution

Bankhall has launched a new compliance support solution for directly FCA authorised firms. The...

Help to Buy hitting London FTBs

An estate agent has warned the the London housing market is being badly distorted...

Retirement Advantage appoints head of sales

Les Pick is to join Retirement Advantage as head of sales for its equity...

Mint Bridging continues expansion

Mint Bridging has increased its staffing levels by 88% since July 2016. Underwriter Samantha...

Greater financial and pension wealth for those who get advice

A new report has found that those who received financial advice in the 2001-2007...

0.99% rates “not available to most borrowers”

Enness Mortgages 
has claimed that many of the historically record low mortgage rates will...

Call to tackle informal lease extensions

Leasehold Solutions has called on the government to rescue the "forgotten casualties" of the...

TMW cuts two and five year rates

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has reduced rates on selected two-year tracker products by up...

John Truswell joins Together

Specialist lender Together has appointed John Truswell as head of national accounts. Truswell (pictured), who...

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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