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Aspen offers rate cut Xmas promo

Aspen Bridging is proving a rate of 0.54% on all deals completed between 24...

Catalyst ups day-one value refurbishment lending limit

Specialist bridging lender Catalyst Property Finance has increased its refurbishment allowance to 100% of...

Roma Finance joins Optimum Elite panel

Optimum Commercial has added specialist bridging, development and buy-to-let lender, Roma Finance, to its...

Use bridging to meet stamp duty deadline

Specialist distributor Clever Lending is calling on brokers to think about regulated bridging loans...

New website for bridging lender

Bridging finance provider Whitehall Capital has unveiled a new look for its website. The site...

United Trust Bank appoints CEO

Harley Kagan, currently group Managing director of United Trust Bank (UTB), will become the...

Tuscan funds urgent £2.2m developer loan

Tuscan Capital has provided a £2.2m facility in a five-week turnaround to help a...

First 4 Bridging unveils 24-hour case checking facility

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has launched a free 24-hour case checker initiative. It offers a...

Three new hires at Catalyst Property Finance

Catalyst Property Finance has made new appointments for both its new business and credit/underwriting...

Kuflink sees investment levels recover to pre-Covid levels

Peer-to-peer based bridging lender, Kuflink, has reported that new investment levels have recovered to...

Shawbrook completes £1.2m exit bridge for developer

Shawbrook Bank has completed a £1.18m developer exit bridging loan for an experienced property...

CSF & MT Finance complete £1.4m three-week bridge

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has worked with MT Finance to complete a three week,...

LendInvest to offer desktop valuations for short-term lending

LendInvest is now providing desktop valuations for its short-term loan products where physical valuations...

Alternative short-term lender launches

Suros Capital has launched today to provide short-term lending facilities specifically aimed at people...
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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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News

Virgin Money cuts fixed rates and raises selected tracker pricing

Virgin Money is reducing fixed mortgage rates across purchase, remortgage and selected buy-to-let product...
Building Societies

The Monmouthshire gives more than £10k to flood-hit local community

Monmouthshire Building Society has donated more than £10,000 to residents, sports clubs and businesses...
Buy-to-let

Rent growth slows as house prices edge higher, with Middle East tensions clouding outlook

Private rent inflation eased again in March while UK house prices rose modestly in...
Appointments

Gen H expands broker sales team with three BDM hires and internal promotion

Gen H has expanded its broker sales team with three new business development managers...

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