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West One joins Society for Mortgage Professionals

West One has become the first specialist lender to join the Society for Mortgage...

Griffins joins ASTL

Griffins has become the latest professional organisation to join the Association of Short Term...

The Loan Partnership adds Hope Capital to lending panel

Bridging lender Hope Capital has joined The Loan Partnership’s lending panel. The timing of this...

Loans Warehouse grows bridging team

Loans Warehouse has appointed Greg Chase to its short-term finance team. Chase was most recently...

Octane Capital reaches redemptions milestone

Octane Capital has passed £500m of redemptions since launching in May 2017. 40% (£200m) of...

MFS extends iPhone 12 giveaway promotion

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) is extending its iPhone 12 giveaway until 31 March. Since 26...

MT Finance cuts rates and ups maximum LTV

Bridging lender MT Finance has reduced rates and raised its maximum loan to value...

Shawbrook expands bridging valuation panel

Shawbrook Bank has widened its valuation panel with the appointment of VAS Group across its...

New lender member for ASTL

Greymax Capital has become the latest lender to join the Association of Short Term...

Masthaven partners with PRIMIS

Masthaven Bank has teamed up with PRIMIS Mortgage Network to  provide the latter's c. 2,200 brokers access to...

United Trust Bank increases maximum bridging LTV

United Trust Bank (UTB) has increased the maximum LTV available on its standard and...

Aspen significantly increases maximum loan size

Aspen Bridging has launched a new light development product and also increased its maximum...

Bridging industry calls for enforcement moratorium dialogue

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has written to HM Treasury, with a...

BFS appoints BDM for Yorkshire and NE

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has announced the appointment of Anne Gullon as business development...

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Accountants, brokers and the clash of expectations

There’s an old accountant’s joke about financial advisers: the difference between us is that advisers want to look richer than their clients, while accountants...

Rachel Geddes: Redefining what’s possible for brokers and borrowers

When Rachel Geddes picked up the phone after a job interview to ask her mum what a mortgage was, she didn’t realise she was...

The Treasury is casting more floaters than a sewage farm

The problem with having a thoroughly inexperienced Chancellor and a properly ‘woodenheaded’ Prime Minister, is that they are learning the job ‘on the hoof’...

HMOs: market realities, future prospects, and the broker opportunity

The HMO sector remains one of the most dynamic parts of the private rented market, with recent data showing it’s both a significant asset...

Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

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Rayner stands down after stamp duty inquiry

Angela Rayner has resigned as deputy prime minister and housing secretary after Sir Laurie...

The Newcastle launches 98% mortgage to support first-time buyers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has unveiled a new mortgage product designed to help first-time buyers...

New Chetwood Bank hire to spearhead move into bridging

Chetwood Bank has appointed Richard Lawton as director of bridging as it prepares to...

Mortgage advisers urged to broaden later life lending advice

Mortgage advisers must be prepared to consider the full range of later life lending...