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Bridging lenders: stop reducing it all to speed

Black & White Bridging has completed a case for a broker and his client...

Glenhawk achieves carbon neutral certification

Bridging lender, Glenhawk, has achieved a carbon neutral certification from the Carbon Trust. The Carbon...

Masthaven moves to hybrid model with new offices

Masthaven Bank has moved from its London office to two new sites. There is one...

MT Finance offers £250 credit for green properties

MT Finance has launched a £250 credit scheme for borrowers who achieve an EPC...

New BDM for short-term lender

Kuflink has announced the appointment of its first new business development manager (BDM) for...

Sancus makes two specialist hires

Specialist property lender, Sancus, has appointed two new business development managers to expand its...

Roma Finance appoints senior BDM

Roma Finance has announced the appointment of Mark Foley as its senior business development...

Roz Cawood joins Hope Capital

Hope Capital has announced that Roz Cawood has been appointed as its director of...

Mint unveils 85% LTV bridging loan from 0.4%

Mint Property Finance has launched a new standard bridging loan up to 85% LTV...

Brilliant Solutions joins MAB’s specialist broker panel

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) advisers can now access the specialist packaging and referral services...

Brokers see bridge-to-let as way to overcome BTL borrower hesitancy

A poll for Castle Trust Bank and Knowledge Bank has found that 90% of...

MFS secures further £50m tranche for 75-cubed offering

Market Financial Solutions’ (MFS) has obtained a commitment to £50 million of funding from...

New Shawbrook podcast on bridging and PDR

Shawbrook Bank has issued a new A conversation with Shawbrook podcast episode. It is hosted by...

Loans Warehouse joins MAB specialist broker panel

Specialist broker Loans Warehouse has been added Mortgage Advice Bureau’s (MAB) new specialist broker...

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

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...

Countrywide Surveying adds 35 newly qualified surveyors in 2026

Countrywide Surveying Services has added 35 newly qualified surveyors to its workforce so far...

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