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Putting your clients in the strongest position to move

The overall volume of property transactions may be lower than the heightened activity of...

Hodge unveils new commercial finance options

Hodge has launched two new commercial finance options, an Acquisition Bridge and a Sales...

Lendco unveils new website

Specialist lender, Lendco, has revamped its website. The new website had been designed to be...

Roma Finance unveils appointments and promotions

Roma Finance has announced eight new appointments and three promotions. Alan Collins and Saffron...

Norton Broker Services adds TAB to panel

Norton Broker Services has added bridging lender TAB to its panel of lenders. The...

OSB Group improves High Net Worth offering

OSB Group has announced changes to support brokers with large-scale bridging finance deals. The...

Kuflink makes head of products appointment

Kuflink, the national bridging and development finance lender, has appointed Paul Auger as head...

Aspen speeds up application-to-completion time

Aspen Bridging completed over 40% of deals in under 14 days in the six...

FIBA and ASTL confirm education framework

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) and Association of Short Term Mortgage Lenders...

Tuscan Capital adds free AVMs to Fast Track bridging

Tuscan Capital has announced the addition of a free AVM option to its new...

Chancery Capital partners with Hope Capital

Chancery Capital has joined forces with specialist short-term lender, Hope Capital. The strategic partnership will...

Sancus appoints group property director

Bridging and development lender, Sancus, has appointed Alasdair Carlyle as group property director. The appointment...

Suros Capital appoints managing director

Luxury asset lender, Suros Capital, has appointed Helena Khizam as managing director. Khizam (pictured) has...

Octopus Real Estate joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Octopus Real Estate to its lending panel. Member firms of...

COMMENT

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Latest news

CHL cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its short-term let and limited edition buy-to-let ranges. The...

Darlington cuts rates across buy-to-let and specialist ranges

Darlington Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 50bps across its buy-to-let,...

HTB backs £2.4m Mitcham scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank has provided a £2.4m development finance facility for a mixed-use scheme in...

The Mansfield reports record mortgage lending for second year running

Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage lending for the second successive year, after...

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