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Kuflink to allow broker self-instruction for valuations

Short-term lender, Kuflink, has announced that introducers will now have the facility to instruct...

Four new hires for Hope Capital

Hope Capital has expanded its team with the appointment of four new hires across...

New senior BDM for Central and Mercantile Trust

Central Trust and Mercantile Trust have appointed a new senior business development manager within...

Saxon Trust unveils new stepped bridging deal

Saxon Trust has launched a new stepped rate bridging loan product. The specialist bridging and...

Signature Property Finance meets £200m lending target

Short-term property finance provider, Signature Property Finance has reached another growth milestone, after hitting...

Aspen Bridging makes environmental pledge

Aspen Bridging has pledged to plant a new UK tree for every case completed...

Pivotal Growth acquires specialist mortgage broker

Pivotal Growth has agreed to acquire The Loan Partnership, subject to FCA approval. The Loan...

Hampshire Trust Bank launches EPC refurbishment product

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has unveiled a new product for clients looking at improving...

Spring Finance completes first bridging loan

Spring Finance has successfully completed its first bridging loan. Following Spring’s recent pilot launch this...

Bridging Finance Solutions appoints BDM

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has added property lending and risk specialist Phil Wragg to...

LendInvest adds new products to bridging proposition 

LendInvest has launched a new refurbishment product, as the lender has reported an increase...

Sancus appoints business development manager

Sancus has appointed Clare Cuff as business development manager (BDM). She joins the London-based company...

Aspen completes £5.2m heavy works bridge-to-let deal

Aspen Bridging has completed a £5.2m Heavy Works bridge-to-let at 75%, inclusive of 100%...

Recognise Bank promotes Meigh to director role

James Meigh has been appointed by Recognise Bank as its director, business development. Meigh (pictured) was...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let has matured as a market

Buy-to-let turned 30 last week, and it's a good moment for some much-needed positivity around this market. Whatever the narrative around buy-to-let has been at...

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...

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Advice firm wins first client through ChatGPT after AI visibility push

A financial advice firm secured its first client through ChatGPT within two weeks of...

Alps expands landlord insurance add-ons on Acturis

Alps has made its full range of let property insurance add-ons available through the...

Lifetime ISAs linked to £67.5bn of first-time buyer property purchases

Lifetime ISAs have helped more than 417,000 people buy their first home since the...

Landbay webinar to examine outlook for rates and UK economy

Landbay is to host an economic webinar examining the outlook for interest rates, inflation...

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