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New lender member for ASTL

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

Two new hires at Tuscan Capital

Tuscan Capital has announced two new appointments as it expands its team. Carmen Albert...

ASTL reports strong bridging growth in Q3

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has reported that the bridging market continuing...

Black & White Bridging appoints new relationship manager

Black & White Bridging has appointed Mason Ward to help develop and manage new...

Specialist Finance Centre launches SFC Scotland

Specialist Finance Centre (SFC) has announced the launch of its proposition into Scotland as...

MFS completes £6.6m bridge for NW shopping centre

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has completed a £6.6 million bridging loan to help a...

Enra Specialist Finance appoints CTO

Enra Specialist Finance has appointed Aris Karidis as its new chief technology officer (CTO). Karidis...

Hope Capital improves bridging proposition in Scotland

Hope Capital has extended a selection of its bridging finance products to improve its...

Repercussions of Covid still showing in criteria searches

Knowledge Bank latest tracker has revealed that advisers are working with a "significant" number...

Whitehall Capital completes £6.5m bridge for Croydon development

Whitehall Capital Management has completed a £6,500,000 bridging loan on a development project in...

Pink Pig and Masthaven help borrower with Land Registry obstacles

Pink Pig Loans has secured a £1,080,000 bridging facility for a client who needed...

Stamp Duty boosts bridging market

Packager contributors to Bridging Trends reported a total of £190.24m in bridging loans transacted...

Hope Capital unveils Finish & Exit bridging deal

Short-term lender, Hope Capital, has introduced a new product to allow borrowers to complete...

SoMo offers 90% off valuation costs

Bridging lender, SoMo, has unveiled an early Black Friday Weekend initiative that will give borrowers...

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

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage...

First-time buyers turning to side hustles to bridge deposit gap

Almost half of aspiring first-time buyers are using secondary income streams to help fund...

Vida cuts residential rates and loosens criteria for self-employed and contractor borrowers

Vida has reduced selected residential mortgage rates by up to 106 basis points and...

Iress adds AI underwriting tool to The Exchange in protection push

Iress has struck a deal with The Interesting Life Company to offer an AI-powered...

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