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Aspen competes auction purchase bridge in 25 days

Aspen Bridging has revealed that it overcame major access issues to complete an auction...

Gary Bailey leaves Hope Capital

Gary Bailey, managing director at Hope Capital, has announced his departure from the bridging...

Norton Broker Services completes fast regulated re-bridge

Norton Broker Services and Spring Finance have partnered to complete a regulated re-bridge loan...

Somo to offer Black Friday valuation deal

Somo Bridging has announced the launch of its one-day-only Black Friday 2022 event on...

Mercantile Trust completes first bridging loan in Northern Ireland

Mercantile Trust has announced the completion of its first bridging case in Northern Ireland. ...

Funding 365 delivers £6.5m development exit bridge

Funding 365 has completed a £6.5 million bridging loan at 70% LTV to refinance...

Bridging Trends reports 20% rise in quarterly volumes

£214.7 million in bridging loans was transacted by Bridging Trends contributors during the third...

MFS secures £200m funding line

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has secured £200 million of additional institutional funding. This increases a...

Castle Trust Bank adds to bridging sales team

Castle Trust Bank has expanded its sales team with the recruitment of Barry Ireland...

Central Trust and Mercantile Trust revise criteria

Central Trust and Mercantile Trust, the intermediary lending brands of the Norfolk Capital Group...

Sundeep Patel to join UTB tomorrow

United Trust Bank (UTB) recently revealed that it had appointed Sundeep Patel as director...

Mint Property Finance streamlines legal process

Mint Property Finance has streamlined its legal procedures, with its panel of solicitors now...

New risk chief for TAB

Bridging lender TAB has appointed Jason Shead as the new chief risk officer. Shead (pictured)...

Brilliant Solutions removes upfront bridging and commercial fees

Brilliant Solutions has revised its bridging and commercial offering to ensure clients pay no...
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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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Impaired credit mortgage sales rise to highest level since 2008

Mortgage lending to borrowers with impaired credit histories has climbed to levels not seen...
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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...
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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...
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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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