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West One joins Society for Mortgage Professionals

West One has become the first specialist lender to join the Society for Mortgage...

Griffins joins ASTL

Griffins has become the latest professional organisation to join the Association of Short Term...

The Loan Partnership adds Hope Capital to lending panel

Bridging lender Hope Capital has joined The Loan Partnership’s lending panel. The timing of this...

Loans Warehouse grows bridging team

Loans Warehouse has appointed Greg Chase to its short-term finance team. Chase was most recently...

Octane Capital reaches redemptions milestone

Octane Capital has passed £500m of redemptions since launching in May 2017. 40% (£200m) of...

MFS extends iPhone 12 giveaway promotion

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) is extending its iPhone 12 giveaway until 31 March. Since 26...

MT Finance cuts rates and ups maximum LTV

Bridging lender MT Finance has reduced rates and raised its maximum loan to value...

Shawbrook expands bridging valuation panel

Shawbrook Bank has widened its valuation panel with the appointment of VAS Group across its...

New lender member for ASTL

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

Masthaven partners with PRIMIS

Masthaven Bank has teamed up with PRIMIS Mortgage Network to  provide the latter's c. 2,200 brokers access to...

United Trust Bank increases maximum bridging LTV

United Trust Bank (UTB) has increased the maximum LTV available on its standard and...

Aspen significantly increases maximum loan size

Aspen Bridging has launched a new light development product and also increased its maximum...

Bridging industry calls for enforcement moratorium dialogue

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has written to HM Treasury, with a...

BFS appoints BDM for Yorkshire and NE

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has announced the appointment of Anne Gullon as business development...
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Opinions & blogs

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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Compliance

SortRefer marks 17 years with record month for instructions and completions

SortRefer has marked its 17th anniversary after reporting its strongest monthly performance to date...
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The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates on selected new business deals

The Mortgage Works is cutting selected buy-to-let and let-to-buy rates by up to 0.20...
Appointments

Primis promotes three in push to expand recruitment and regional broker support

Primis has promoted three senior executives as it seeks to recruit more adviser firms...
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Santander cuts higher LTV rates for first-time buyers and home movers

Santander is cutting selected fixed mortgage rates across its first-time buyer, home mover and...

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