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Debenhams Ottaway joins ASTL

Debenhams Ottaway has become the latest professional organisation to join the Association of Short...

Adults doubt housing crisis to be fixed in their lifetime

52% of UK adults consider the housing crisis to be one of the country’s...

Awareness of bridging finance on the rise

A Masthaven Bank survey of 140 brokers has found that 71% believe awareness of...

LendInvest refreshes bridging rates

LendInvest has made a series of changes to its bridging suite, as time taken...

Alternative Bridging Corporation provides complex £2.6m loan

Alternative Bridging Corporation and Clever Commercial Finance have completed a £2.6m loan to fund...

Aspen completes £173k No Valuation bridge

Aspen has completed a No Valuation £173k bridging loan in five working days. The short-term...

TAB completes £5m first charge bridge

Bridging lender TAB has completed a £4,550,000 first charge bridging loan on a development...

Fluent Money Group refreshes brand and website

North-West based form Fluent Money Group has launched its new website, consolidating its six...

Flexibility and reliability key for lenders who want to stand out

Brokers operating in the bridging market are in a fantastic position today. The sector...

BFS makes underwriting hire

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has welcomed Sarah Cropper as a new underwriter to its...

Alternative Bridging Corporation improves website

Alternative Bridging Corporation has unveiled a new website with improved navigation and functionality. The new...

Suros Capital provides pre-arranged finance facility

Suros Capital has introduced a new facility for advisers and their clients to provide...

New lender member for ASTL

Buzz Capital has become the latest lender to join the Association of Short Term...

Two new hires at Tuscan Capital

Tuscan Capital has announced two new appointments as it expands its team. Carmen Albert...

COMMENT

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...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Latest news

Precise cuts residential mortgage offer times with new platform

Precise has launched a residential mortgage platform after a pilot reduced average application-to-offer times...

Impaired credit mortgage sales rise to highest level since 2008

Mortgage lending to borrowers with impaired credit histories has climbed to levels not seen...

Councils to gain earlier powers over long-term empty homes

Councils will be able to intervene when homes have stood empty for six months...

Phoebus completes latest SOC 2 Type II assessment

Phoebus Software has renewed its SOC 2 Type II attestation after KPMG assessed the...

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