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FCA secures High Court Order against illegal money lender

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has obtained a High Court Order to remove around...

ASTL reveals 2021 annual conference details

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has announced the date for its 2021...

Hope Capital unveils its lowest ever bridging loan rate

Hope Capital has made changes to its discounted rate Loan product with rates now...

Fluent Money Group unveils brand refresh

Fluent Money Group has announced a brand refresh as part of its growth plans. In...

Alternative Bridging Corporation reduces 70% LTV rate to 0.6%

Alternative Bridging Corporation has cut the rate on its bridging loans up to 70%...

Suros Capital completes £240k loan in 48 hours

Suros Capital, the luxury asset short term lender, has completed a loan worth £240,000...

Castle Trust Bank joins SimplyBiz Mortgages panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has added Castle Trust Bank (CTB) to its panel, allowing its member...

Black & White Bridging appoints head of underwriting

Black & White Bridging has announced the appointment of Lyn McLaren as head of...

Record month for bridging lender

West One Loans has reported that a total of £2.3bn sets of bridging loan...

Teamwork sees legals on £2.35m bridge completed “within hours”

Hope Capital and other parties have worked collaboratively to secure a £2.25m bridging loan...

MFS funds complex shopping centre acquisition

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has completed a large bridging loan to enable a returning...

Record quarter for bridging lender

Octane Capital lent £117m during the second quarter of 2021. This is the first...

Catalyst appoints relationship manager

Short-term finance lender, Catalyst, is expanding its new business team with the appointment of...

UTB joins Sesame and PMS panels

Sesame Bankhall Group has added United Trust Bank (UTB) to PMS Mortgage Club and...
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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...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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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...
criteria

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...
Protection

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...
Compliance

Property firms still relying on manual checks as AI fraud risk grows

More than half of identity verification checks in UK finance and property businesses are...

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