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Norton Broker Services unveils bridging department

Loan broker, Norton Finance, is now offering to intermediaries bridging finance as well as...

Two exit Hope Capital as it plans restructuring

Hope Capital has announced a restructuring of its new business division as well as...

Catalyst unveils lower rate for larger bridging loans

Catalyst has launched a 'low rate' product for larger bridging loans. Monthly rates are 0.55%...

Nick Jones to leave Roma Bridging

Nick Jones, commercial director at Roma Finance, is to leave the business. Jones joined the...

Bridging lender to hold free CPD training seminar

London Credit is offering a free CPD-accredited online training event for brokers on the...

First 4 Bridging offers Roma semi-exclusive

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has joined with Roma Finance to offer access to a...

Bridging lender unveils club for select brokers

Bridging lender Hope Capital has launched Hope Capital Club (HCC), offering a range of...

Aspen uses desktop valuation for £620k refurb case

Aspen Bridging has used a desktop valuation to lend against a prime six storey...

Pivot completes £840k commercial bridge

PIVOT COMPLETES £840K COMMERCIAL BRIDGE ON MIDLANDS OFFICE BLOCK Development lender Pivot has recently completed...

ASTL reveals new associate member

Landwood Group has become the latest professional organisation to join the Association of Short...

Tuscan completes 130-property acquisition bridge in three weeks

Bridging lender Tuscan Capital has completed a £9m funding facility for a developer client...

Pitch 4 Finance launches following broker pre-registration

Pitch 4 Finance has launched to help intermediaries source the best solutions for their...

Second charge market reflecting current economic divide

Knowledge Bank has reveal that capital raising featured in three of the top five...

Together delivers nine-hour commercial bridge

Together and First 4 Bridging have worked together to produce a £400,000 commercial bridging...

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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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The Dudley begins broker portal roll-out as it overhauls intermediary systems

Dudley Building Society has begun a phased roll-out of a new intermediary portal to...

GB Bank joins Knowledge Bank criteria platform

GB Bank has been added to Knowledge Bank’s criteria sourcing platform, giving brokers access...

Norton Broker Services adds Scroll Finance to lending panel

Norton Broker Services has added Scroll Finance to its lender panel, giving brokers access...

Visionary Finance arranges £25.5m private bank loan on Holland Park home

Visionary Finance has completed a £25.5 million facility for an ultra-high-net-worth borrower, secured against...

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