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Loan.co.uk helps adverse credit landlord with £1.1m bridge

Broker Loan.co.uk has helped a landlord extend her property portfolio despite adverse credit, with...

Spring Finance secures NatWest funding line

Specialist lender Spring Finance has completed its first institutional bridging funding line with NatWest. Spring...

Richard Deacon joins Tuscan Capital

Tuscan Capital has announced that Richard Deacon has joined as sales director, responsible for...

Kuflink appoints head of origination

Bridging lender, Kuflink, has announced the appointment of Ranjit Narwal as head of origination. He...

Roma Finance extends RomaFLOW processing reach

Roma Finance has made changes to its RomaFLOW process, which has helped double the...

SoMo guarantees rates for next quarter

Specialist lending firm, SoMo Bridging, has committed to guarantee its existing rates for all...

Second charge bridging: fast and flexible funding

The ‘race for space’ that we saw during the Covid-19 pandemic has subsided and...

Castle Trust Bank launches bridging offering

Castle Trust Bank has introduced a bridging proposition, backed up by dedicated sales, underwriting...

Glenhawk unveils senior appointments

Glenhawk has appointed Michael Clifford as commercial director, Simon Lee as head of mortgage...

TAB loan book reaches £115m

Short-term lender TAB has reported that its loan book has grown to £115m. The...

Tuscan Capital unveils Fast Track approach to bridging

Tuscan Capital has relaunched its Residential Bridging proposition with the addition of its new...

Mercantile Trust joins the ASTL

Mercantile Trust has become the latest lender to join the Association of Short-Term Lenders...

SoMo appoints sales director

Bridging lender SoMo has promoted Jade Keval to the position of sales director. The company...

Kuflink’s P2P platform surpasses £200m

Kuflink has announced that its P2P platform has just passed the £200 million mark...

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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