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Aspen reintroduces 80% LTV and raises Bridge to Let loan size

Aspen Bridging has launched its Summer 2023 Rates & Product Card with rates lowered...

Gavin Diamond to leave Spring Finance this week

Spring Finance has confirmed that its CEO, Gavin Diamond, is to leave the business. His...

Catalyst appoints marketing executive

Catalyst, the short-term property finance lender, has announced the appointment of Kate Haas as...

MFS hails its diversity as it expands beyond 100 employees

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has marked its team growing to over 100 employees by...

Alternative Bridging Corporation bolsters London sales team

Alternative Bridging Corporation has added its its sales team for London & South East,...

Two new appointments for Clever Lending

Clever Lending, the specialist finance packager and master broker, has announced the appointment of...

CPSP qualification officially launches for bridging industry

The Certified Practitioner in Specialist Property Finance (CPSP) has now launched, following a joint...

Mortgage Brain partners with Propp

Mortgage Brain has partnered with Propp to support brokers with specialist finance referrals following...

Signature agrees funding with Hampshire Trust Bank

Signature Property Finance has agreed additional funding with Hampshire Trust Bank, following its best...

Black & White Bridging hires new relationship manager

Black & White Bridging has appointed David McCarthy as its new relationship manager. He has...

Bridging loan transactions reach all-time high

Bridging Trends contributors transacted a record-breaking £278.8 million in bridging loans during the first...

Roma Finance creates mental health first aid team

Roma Finance has announced the development of its mental health first aid team. Mental health...

Provide Finance celebrates continued growth one year after launch

Provide Finance, the platform to source and secure specialist finance solutions, has reported a...

Hope Capital sponsors local community football team

Liverpool-based bridging lender, Hope Capital, has announced sponsorship of local football programme, Sefton Schoolgirls. The...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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Phoebus completes latest SOC 2 Type II assessment

Phoebus Software has renewed its SOC 2 Type II attestation after KPMG assessed the...

Low-deposit mortgage lending climbs 38% to £24.7bn

Mortgage lending at loan-to-value ratios above 90% rose sharply over the past year as...

Stonebridge reports sharp rise in protection policies placed in trust

The proportion of protection policies being placed in trust has risen substantially over the...

Countrywide Surveying adds 35 newly qualified surveyors in 2026

Countrywide Surveying Services has added 35 newly qualified surveyors to its workforce so far...

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