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Hope Capital adds two to sales team

Hope Capital has expanded its sales team with the appointments of David Burford to...

Roma appoints BDM for London & SE

Roma Finance has appointed Kirsty Botten as business development manager (BDM) for London and...

Bridging lenders: stop reducing it all to speed

Black & White Bridging has completed a case for a broker and his client...

Glenhawk achieves carbon neutral certification

Bridging lender, Glenhawk, has achieved a carbon neutral certification from the Carbon Trust. The Carbon...

Masthaven moves to hybrid model with new offices

Masthaven Bank has moved from its London office to two new sites. There is one...

MT Finance offers £250 credit for green properties

MT Finance has launched a £250 credit scheme for borrowers who achieve an EPC...

New BDM for short-term lender

Kuflink has announced the appointment of its first new business development manager (BDM) for...

Sancus makes two specialist hires

Specialist property lender, Sancus, has appointed two new business development managers to expand its...

Roma Finance appoints senior BDM

Roma Finance has announced the appointment of Mark Foley as its senior business development...

Roz Cawood joins Hope Capital

Hope Capital has announced that Roz Cawood has been appointed as its director of...

Mint unveils 85% LTV bridging loan from 0.4%

Mint Property Finance has launched a new standard bridging loan up to 85% LTV...

Brilliant Solutions joins MAB’s specialist broker panel

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) advisers can now access the specialist packaging and referral services...

Brokers see bridge-to-let as way to overcome BTL borrower hesitancy

A poll for Castle Trust Bank and Knowledge Bank has found that 90% of...

MFS secures further £50m tranche for 75-cubed offering

Market Financial Solutions’ (MFS) has obtained a commitment to £50 million of funding from...

COMMENT

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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The Market Harborough reaches £1m community funding milestone

Market Harborough Building Society said it has committed £1 million to community causes over...

Accord publishes broker guide on recognising economic abuse in mortgage cases

Accord has published a new guide for mortgage brokers on how to identify and...

CHL completes £5m portfolio refinance as lender navigates time-sensitive case

CHL Mortgages has completed a £5 million refinance across 10 buy-to-let properties in south...

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five...

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