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Deep Blue expands bridging panel

Scottish packager Deep Blue Limited has added Blemain to its bridging finance packaged panel. Deep...

Lloyds TSB Commercial offers new debtor insurance facility

Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance has unveiled a service for SMEs to guard against bad...

New FSA liquidity rules to be phased in

The FSA has published final rules on the liquidity requirements expected of firms, designed...

TFO offers new bank auditing service

South Wales based specialist finance broker The Funding Operation (TFO) has launched a new...

Bond Finance adds to Paradigm’s commercial offering

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Bond Finance Ltd to its commercial broker panel. Bond Finance...

The Leeds raises charity cash

the Leeds Building Society has raised £7,000 for three charities. The Leeds' harvest festival themed...

Aldermore hires asset finance head

Aldermore has appointed George Ashworth as head of asset finance. He has responsibility for...

Over 50s continue to take on more debt

Moneysupermarket.com has reported that whilst more people are paying off their non-mortgage debt than...

British Property Federation calls for B2L regulation

The British Property Federation will call for all buy-to-let mortgages and property investment clubs...

Mortgage market &quotreaches a plateau&quot

The availability of a current mortgage deal has grown from 18 to an average...

Two new non-execs for RBS

Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed two non-executive directors. Philip Scott joins the part-state owned...

B2L investors sit tight

Buy-to-let investors are no longer reviewing the mortgage market on a regular basis and...

House prices back to September 2008 levels

The price of a typical house increasing by 0.9% on a seasonally adjusted basis,...

OpenConvey adds to specialist conveyancing panel

Online conveyancing portal OpenConvey has appointed Lloyd & Associates LLP to its national panel...

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Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

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Three-quarters of brokers expect rate hold

76% of specialist brokers expect that the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)...

The Finance Family adopts Acre as platform for growth

Midlands-based The Finance Family has migrated its team of over 20 brokers to Acre’s...

‘Consumer thinking’ holding businesses back from better finance solutions

New research from Time Finance has revealed that many UK businesses default to consumer-style...

British Business Bank reports how pivotal first Covid lockdown was

Five years since the first Covid-19 lockdown, new data from Start Up Loans, part...