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ASTL and FIBA ready to launch CPSP learning programme

The ASTL and FIBA have confirmed that the Certified Practitioner in Specialist Property Finance...

HTB completes £7.5m development exit loan

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided one of the North West’s largest property developers...

TAB relaunches fixed rate residential bridging loans

Bridging lender TAB is reintroducing fixed rates for first charge residential bridging loans. Residential bridging...

OSB Group unveils new charity partner

OSB Group has announced its new charity partner for the next two years. Following...

Roma Finance becomes sole sponsor of Property Elevator

Short-term lender, Roma Finance, has announces a new partnership with Property Elevator, the show...

MFS secures £500m funding line

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has secured £500 million of new institutional funding which will...

BFS makes three new hires

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has announced three new key appointments. Debbie Range, Adam Bluma and...

Hampshire Trust Bank becomes new FIBA lender partner

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has announced that Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB)...

LendInvest partners with Primis

LendInvest has launched a new partnership with Primis Mortgage Network to provide members with...

Spring Finance launches AVMs and reduces bridging pricing

Spring Finance has announced the introduction of automated valuations (AVMs) for bridging loans. The use...

Hampshire Trust Bank appoints bridging BDM

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Herbie Bone as a business...

Catalyst offering 2.50% proc fees

Specialist property lender, Catalyst, is offering all intermediaries a Spring incentive with enhanced 2.50%...

Record month helps Signature break lending target

Signature Property Finance has reported a record year for short-term property loans as it...

Mint completes standard bridge in eight days

Mint Property Finance has provided a standard bridging loan for a client, following them...
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networks

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...
First-time buyers

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...
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Stonebridge reports sharp rise in protection policies placed in trust

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