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New Shawbrook podcast on bridging and PDR

Shawbrook Bank has issued a new A conversation with Shawbrook podcast episode. It is hosted by...

Loans Warehouse joins MAB specialist broker panel

Specialist broker Loans Warehouse has been added Mortgage Advice Bureau’s (MAB) new specialist broker...

Enterprise completes bridging loan in five hours

Enterprise Finance has completed a bridging loan in five hours to help a couple...

Specialist lender boosts credit team

Atelier Capital Partners has had made two appointments to its credit team. Former head of...

London Credit introduces new refurb deal

London Credit has launched a 'fast' refurbishment product. The Fast & Flexible Refurb allows for...

Nick Jones joins West One Loans

West One Loans has welcomed Nick Jones as its new sales director. In his new role,...

VAS Audit completes £200m milestone with short-term lender

VAS Audit has revealed that it has completed live auditing and assurance services on...

UTB starts offering Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) facilities

United Trust Bank (UTB) has begun offering Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) facilities of up...

Fiduciam expands its graduate programme

Fiduciam is to hire 10 graduates this year in an expansion of its graduate...

BFS supports Wirral children’s charity

Bridging Finance Solutions is backing Wirral youth zone, the Hive, funding its mentoring programme...

Octane Capital reaches £1bn lending milestone

Octane Capital has passed £1bn of completions in the four years since its launch...

Furlough no longer a major search criterion

‘Furloughed workers’ is no longer amongst the most-searched terms by brokers, according to Knowledge...

Tuscan Capital cuts rates and adds new product types

Tuscan Capital has made a number of changes to its broker-facing offering to include...

Bluebox Finance agrees deal with Suros Capital

Suros Capital has signed an origination agreement with specialist business and property finance broker,...

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...

Latest news

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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