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MFS unveils new variable rate bridging deals

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has launched a new range of variable rate bridging products. The...

Castle Trust Bank hires new regional account manager

Castle Trust Bank has added to its sales team and coverage with the recruitment...

Allsop joins the ASTL

Property consultancy Allsop has become the latest professional organisation to join the Association of...

HTB appoints bridging BDM for London & Home Counties

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Alex McMillen as business development...

Hope Capital donates over £18k to local breast cancer charity

Liverpool-based bridging lender, Hope Capital has bolstered the support it provides to the Sunshine...

MFS completes £18.4m major refurbishment loan

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has delivered an £18.4 million bridging loan to enable a...

Assetz Capital completes its largest ever development facility

Assetz Capital has originated its largest ever funding package, a £13.26m development facility to...

UTB appoints bridging BDM

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Michael Macleod as business development manager in its...

Aspen saves renovation with £1.275m bridge

Aspen Bridging has funded an experienced developer’s latest project after the previous lender kept...

ASTL reveals date for Annual Conference

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has announced the date for its Annual...

Specialist Finance Centre hires recruitment director

Specialist Finance Centre (SFC) has announced the appointment of Joe Dillon as its recruitment...

Q&A: Daniel Yeo, CEO, Specialist Finance Centre

BestAdvice fires the questions at Daniel Yeo, CEO at Specialist Finance Centre BestAdvice (BA): SFC...

West One adds Brilliant Solutions to residential panel

West One Loans has added Brilliant Solutions to its residential intermediary panel. Brilliant Solutions is...

Spring Finance bolsters bridging underwriting team

Spring Finance has announced the appointment of Wayne Fitzpatrick as a senior underwriter within...

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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