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Masthaven reduces minumum loan amounts

Masthaven Bank's minimum loan amount on its bridging, specialist bridging and refurbishment products has...

UTB expands Fast Track bridging criteria

United Trust Bank (UTB) has widened the criteria for its Fast Track bridging service...

SMG celebrates twentieth anniversary

Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG) is this month celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the business. Established in...

Hope Capital appoints operations manager

Jonathan Britstone has joined Hope Capital as operations manager. Britstone (pictured) previously worked for...

Mint Property Finance offers high value bridging loan

Mint Property Finance has expanded its bridging range of products with the introduction of a new...

10-day completion for Aspen’s first 0.39% bridge

Aspen Bridging has completed its first 'No Valuation' product deal on its lowest ever...

Complete short broker survey to enter prize draw

BestAdvice is surveying brokers on their thoughts on the bridging finance market in the...

First 4 Bridging appoints key account manager

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has announced the appointment of Drena Gashi as a key...

Four new appointments at Mint Property Finance

Mint Property Finance has created four new positions. Joseph Haworth, who joins as finance director,...

United Trust Bank appoints head of sales for bridging

United Trust Bank (UTB) has promoted Owen Bentley to become its head of sales...

Castle Trust Bank cuts rates and simplifies range

Castle Trust Bank has reduced rates and simplified its range of HMO and holiday...

Specialist property lender appoints offshore funding director

Sancus has appointed Matt Davies as director, offshore funding in its Jersey office to...

FIBA members now have access to FutureBricks’ offering

Members of the Financial Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA) can now access FutureBricks’ full...

Enra unveils new bridging technology platform

Enra Specialist Finance has launched a new underwriting and case management system for its...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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