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Hastings Direct appoints CFO

Mark Adams is to join Hastings Direct as its new chief financial officer in...

Venture Finance offers five-day finance facility

Independent invoice and asset-based lender Venture Finance has launched a new FastTrack Invoice Discounting...

WLB chooses xit2 technology for valuations

Whiteaway Laidlaw Bank (WMB) is to use xit2's Valuation Exchange to manage and control...

Skipton makes senior HR appointment

Skipton Building Society has appointed Rachel Fawcett as chief human resources officer. She has held...

Uplift in buy-to-let market activity

High levels of demand for rental properties has led to tenants renting properties within...

Housing prices &quotfinely balanced&quot: Hometrack

House prices were unchanged in April, according to Hometrack. This is the first time...

NACFB members given Masthaven exclusive access

Masthaven Bridging Finance is offering an exclusive bridging product to members of the National...

Mortgage Brain pleased by Key penetration

The Key now has over 6,000 contracted users, Mortgage Brain has claimed. It provides front...

Doncaster Rovers receive £10k from the Leeds

Leeds Building Society has donated £10,820 to Doncaster Rovers Football Club. The mutual presented the...

Sesame Bankhall opens doors to school

Sesame Bankhall Group's Financial Adviser School has unveiled its prospectus and is now open...

NatWest IS to widen LiveTALK usage

From 3 May NatWest Intermediary Solutions will use its LiveTALK instant messaging service to...

BPF slams &quotmuddled&quot government thinking

The British Property Federation has criticised the government's policy on housing benefit It argues that...

Aldermore appoints non-exec

Aldermore has appointed Jayne Almond as a non-executive director. Almond has been managing director of...

Growth in net mortgage lending

The British Bankers' Association has reported that the annual growth of the banks' net...

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Stability is not a slowdown; it’s exactly what the bridging market needs

So, according to the recent Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) figures, bridging completions fell in Q2. Cue the usual hand-wringing. The headlines landed, the...

The rise of the silver pound

UK house prices may have cooled from their peak, but affordability pressures remain acute. Even with recent adjustments to interest rates, rising property values have...

Staggering stamp duty will make it easier for people to move

A proposal to spread stamp duty land tax payments across several years, in an effort to drive growth and boost the housing market, is...

Making Digital Sales Ready properties the norm, not the exception

Digital Sales Ready listings and upfront information have the potential to transform the home buying and selling journey, creating faster, more transparent transactions with...

Supercharging affordability: a broker’s tool for unlocking complex cases

If you could choose a superpower, what would it be? The ability to see the future? To slow down time? To get every case...

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The Mortgage Shop and Stonebridge sign long-term deal

The Mortgage Shop (TMS), Stonebridge’s largest appointed representative (AR), has signed a new long-term...

Fintel launches Omnicore standalone distribution platform

Fintel has launched an intelligent distribution platform designed to provide a strategic conduit between...

Mortgage borrowing slows as corporate lending accelerates

Households are curbing mortgage borrowing amid a cooling housing market, despite falling rates on...

ClozeSure launches with IS2 to guarantee property sales after exchange

A new solution designed to protect homeowners from last-minute failed transactions has launched in...