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TAB completes five loans totalling £11.4m on the same day

TAB, partnering with introducer REFC, has completed five bridging loans totalling £11.4m on the...

Precise Mortgages launches 75% LTV bridging range

Precise Mortgages has launched a bridging range, featuring regulated and non-regulated products up to...

Castle Trust Bank completes £4.5m bridge in two weeks

Castle Trust Bank has completed a "complex" £4.5m bridging loan within 14 working days...

Aspen completes £1.36m light development bridge

Aspen Bridging has completed a £1,360,000 Light Development bridge in 18 days, comprising £325k...

Sourcing system reveals UK lender total

There are around 900 lenders in the UK covering an wide variety of finance...

Roma Finance makes multiple promotions and appointments

Roma Finance has expanded its team with two new promotions and multiple new appointments. Jack...

Sancus appoints head of sales for the South

Sancus has appointed Jaxon Stevens as head of sales (South). He will be based in...

MFS begins buy-to-let pilot

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has commenced a soft launch of a new buy-to-let proposition, which...

MT Finance appoints its first non-executive director

MT Finance has announced the appointment of Chris Patrick to the board as its...

Short-term lender appoints head of sales for the north

Sancus has recently appointed Melanie Fourie as head of sales (North), based in Manchester. Fourie...

Aspen Bridging sets starting rate at 0.64%

Aspen Bridging is to offer indefinitely fixed rates from 0.64% for prime residential purchase...

Roma Finance introduces new fast processing channel

Roma Finance has launched a fast new channel for cases it deems as being...

TAB hires business development manager

Specialist lender TAB has announced that Harry Dugg has been recruited  as a business development manager...

West One joins MCI lender panel

MCI mortgage club has added the bridging and buy-to-let divisions of West One Loans...

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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