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How bridging can boost recovering businesses

Despite being only a few months into 2022, the year is already promising to...

Hope Capital revamps range and cuts rates

Short-timer lender Hope Capital has revised its product proposition, with non-discounted rates now starting...

UTB improves non-regulated bridging criteria

United Trust Bank (UTB) has announced a series of Fast Track and AVM criteria...

Funding 365 delivers £4.75m of stepped rate bridging

Funding 365 has completed two 75% LTV stepped rate bridging loans with a combined...

Spring Finance begins bridging finance pilot

Second charge lending specialist, Spring Finance, has launched a bridging pilot scheme. With an offering...

Mortgage Advice Bureau to acquire Fluent Money Group

Mortgage Advice Bureau is to acquire approximately 75% of Project Finland Topco (Fluent Money...

OSB Group boosts specialist finance team

OSB Group has expanded its specialist finance team through the appointment of three new account...

Q&A: James Rainbird, Truffle Specialist Finance

BestAdvice fires the questions at James Rainbird, managing director of Truffle Specialist Finance BestAdvice (BA):...

Hope Capital makes two sales hires

Hope Capital has expanded its sales team with a double appointment. Sam Lea has taken...

Whitehall Capital builds team to support growth plans

Whitehall Capital is planning to double its bridging book and has made two strategic...

Market Harborough BS launches high net worth bridging

Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has launched a range of bridging solutions tailored to...

Shawbrook cuts unregulated bridging rates

Shawbrook has reduced rates across its unregulated bridging offering, with rates now starting from...

Black & White Bridging products now on Knowledge Bank

Black & White Bridging’s product range is now available to intermediaries using Knowledge Bank’s...

MFS secures £300m funding

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has revealed it has agreed over £300 million of new...

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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