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Glenhawk launches new free valuation promotion

Glenhawk has unveiled a new free valuation promotion, focused on reducing the up-front cost...

HTB appoints head of sales for bridging finance

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Lorenzo Satchell as head of...

Fiduciam provides £25m committed property portfolio acquisition facility

Fiduciam provided a £25 million committed portfolio acquisition facility to a property investor over...

Aspen completes £2.5m refinance deal in 10 working days

Aspen Bridging has concluded its busiest calendar year-to-date with a £2,572,500 gross residential refinance...

Black & White Bridging hires marketing & comms manager

Black & White Bridging has announced the appointment of Bret Jackson as marketing &...

Catalyst sees 2022 lending rise by 17%

Specialist property lender, Catalyst, has announced that it made more loans in 2022 than...

Spring Finance completes urgent £1.7m bridge

Spring Finance and Finspace have partnered to complete a £1.7m regulated bridging loan to...

Somo reveals 20% growth in 2022

Somo Bridging has announced that 2022 was its most successful year to date with...

Tuscan Capital appoints regional sales manager

Tuscan Capital has announced that Sherice Neil has joined the lender as a regional...

Recognise Bank secures £25m investment

SME lender and savings provider Recognise Bank has conditionally raised a further £25 million...

Sancus appoints BDM

Mark Corfield has joined the Sancus Lending (UK) business development team, reporting to UK...

Interest rate uncertainty and cost of living crisis biggest broker concerns

New research from Crystal Specialist Finance has revealed how mortgage brokers view the market...

Q&A: Colin Sanders, CEO of Tuscan Capital

BestAdvice fires the questions at Colin Sanders, chief executive officer of Tuscan Capital BestAdvice (BA):...

Aspen saves developer following BTL offer withdrawal

An experienced developer left facing substantial fines following the late withdrawal of a buy-to-let...

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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Councils to gain earlier powers over long-term empty homes

Councils will be able to intervene when homes have stood empty for six months...

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...

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