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Aspen completes £1.36m light development bridge

Aspen Bridging has completed a £1,360,000 Light Development bridge in 18 days, comprising £325k...

Sourcing system reveals UK lender total

There are around 900 lenders in the UK covering an wide variety of finance...

Roma Finance makes multiple promotions and appointments

Roma Finance has expanded its team with two new promotions and multiple new appointments. Jack...

Sancus appoints head of sales for the South

Sancus has appointed Jaxon Stevens as head of sales (South). He will be based in...

MFS begins buy-to-let pilot

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has commenced a soft launch of a new buy-to-let proposition, which...

MT Finance appoints its first non-executive director

MT Finance has announced the appointment of Chris Patrick to the board as its...

Short-term lender appoints head of sales for the north

Sancus has recently appointed Melanie Fourie as head of sales (North), based in Manchester. Fourie...

Aspen Bridging sets starting rate at 0.64%

Aspen Bridging is to offer indefinitely fixed rates from 0.64% for prime residential purchase...

Roma Finance introduces new fast processing channel

Roma Finance has launched a fast new channel for cases it deems as being...

TAB hires business development manager

Specialist lender TAB has announced that Harry Dugg has been recruited  as a business development manager...

West One joins MCI lender panel

MCI mortgage club has added the bridging and buy-to-let divisions of West One Loans...

Hope Capital unveils development exit deal

Hope Capital has introduced a new product for residential development exit, offering up to...

Together takes out new 25-year lease on Manchester HQ

Together has signed a new 25-year lease on its £39 million headquarters as it...

Bridging lender completes £850k deal in under 24 hours

KSEYE has completed a £850,000 loan in less than 24 hours to enable a...

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...

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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...

Low-deposit mortgage lending climbs 38% to £24.7bn

Mortgage lending at loan-to-value ratios above 90% rose sharply over the past year as...

Stonebridge reports sharp rise in protection policies placed in trust

The proportion of protection policies being placed in trust has risen substantially over the...

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