Specialist

Specialist property lender appoints offshore funding director

Sancus has appointed Matt Davies as director, offshore funding in its Jersey office to...

FIBA members now have access to FutureBricks’ offering

Members of the Financial Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA) can now access FutureBricks’ full...

Enra unveils new bridging technology platform

Enra Specialist Finance has launched a new underwriting and case management system for its...

SoMo reports record first half of 2021

Specialist lender SoMo has lent over £184m since the beginning of the year. It has redeemed...

TAB secures private equity funding

TAB has secured a funding line with an undisclosed global private equity firm and...

Tuscan Capital welcomes new BDM

Bridging lender Tuscan Capital has announced the immediate appointment of a business development manager...

A Shade Greener Finance joins ASTL

A Shade Greener (ASG) Finance has become the latest lender to join the Association...

First 4 Bridging to hold specialist lending seminars

First 4 Bridging (F4B) will be hosting three specialist lending seminars across the country. These...

Masthaven Bank appoints director of lending and credit operations

Masthaven Bank has announced that Shelley Connelly will also oversee short-term lending in the...

BFS breaks £110m barrier

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has revealed that it exceeded the £110m lending barrier in...

SoMo unveils new larger loan product

Bridging loan firm SoMo has launched a new specialist finance product giving better rates...

MFS completes large loan on country estate

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has completed a £9.45 million bridging loan on a vast...

Suros Capital inventory loan product helps jeweller’s cashflow

Suros Capital has advanced a short term loan of £210,000 to help a diamond...

Brokers expect to face challenges with valuations

82% of brokers are confident about the UK lending environment until the end of...

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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