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Pitch 4 Finance unveils new identity

Pitch 4 Finance has relaunched as Provide Finance. The platform features a panel of more...

West One Loans appoints head of bridging finance

West One Loans has promoted Tom Cantor to head of bridging finance. Cantor joined West...

HTB relaunches bridging offering

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has relaunched into the bridging market after setting up a...

Alternative Bridging appoints BDM from within

Alternative Bridging Corporation has promoted Taylor Osunsedo to the position of business development manager...

OSB Group joins ASTL

OSB Group has become the latest member to join the Association of Short-Term Lenders...

SoMo makes four appointments

SoMo Bridging has added to its growing team with four new appointments including an...

Alternative Bridging Corporation expands office space

Alternative Bridging Corporation has expanded its office by more than 50% to accommodate its...

Bridging loans being used to help FTBs onto ladder

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has reported a sharp rise in the number of clients...

Hodge unveils new refurbishment bridging deal

Hodge has launched a new Refurbishment Bridge Finance product to help experienced property developers...

UTB hires new bridging BDM

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Jack Heath as business development manager (BDM) as...

Alternative Bridging appoints head of sales for London & SE

Alternative Bridging Corporation has promoted Phodis Maratheftis to head of sales, London & South...

Glenhawk doubles maximum loan size

Glenhawk has announces a new unregulated bridging product set, increasing its maximum loan size...

Hope Capital unveils new collection and cuts fixed rates

Hope Capital has streamlined its proposition with the aim of providing a more affordable, flexible...

First 4 Bridging rebrands to Envelop

Packager First 4 Bridging (F4B) and the F4B Network have revealed a full rebranding...

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...

Latest news

Cost of living hits homeownership plans for more than half of young Scots

More than half of younger adults in Scotland say cost-of-living pressures are the biggest...

Precise cuts residential mortgage offer times with new platform

Precise has launched a residential mortgage platform after a pilot reduced average application-to-offer times...

Impaired credit mortgage sales rise to highest level since 2008

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

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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