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Monument boosts bridging team

Monument has bolstered its bridging team with the recruitment of Fatlum Lushi. Lushi joins the challenger...

Aspen provides 80% bridge-to-let deal for heavy refurb customer

A developer has chosen Aspen Bridging’s new bridge-to-let product for a heavy refurbishment project. The client...

Alternative Bridging appoints case manager

Alternative Bridging Corporation has expanded its support function with the appointment of a new...

The Bridging Group joins ASTL

The Bridging Group has become the latest lender to join the Association of Short...

SoMo reports 25% second charge loan rise

Bridging loan firm, SoMo, has reported a 25% increase in its second charge lending. Nearly...

Black & White Bridging funds Bristol eco-home

Black & White Bridging has helped an experienced Bristol based developer to purchase a...

Quantum Mortgages adds Impact to packager panel

Impact Specialist Finance has been appointed to the Quantum Mortgages packager panel. Impact’s brokers will...

Bridge Help appoints new BDM

Commercial bridging loan provider, Bridge Help, has appointed a new business development manager. Tina Panayi...

Bridging lender withdraws hybrid buy-to-let products

KSEYE's current hybrid buy-to-let product range will be withdrawn at the close of business...

Alternative Bridging hires internal BDM

Alternative Bridging Corporation has expanded its sales operation with the appointment of a new...

Knowledge Bank & UTB create “industry-first” digital criteria guide

Knowledge Bank has teamed up with United Trust Bank (UTB) to create a bespoke...

Broker searches being affected by cost of living crisis

Knowledge Bank has revealed that the cost of living crisis is impacting borrowers as...

MFS joins TBMC’s lender panel

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has joined the lender panel for The Business Mortgage Company...

Central & Mercantile Trust grow BDM team

Central and Mercantile Trust have expanded their field sales operations with the appointment of...

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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