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New BDM for bridging provider

Whitehall Capital has appointed Jason Fantini as its new business development manager (BDM). Fantini (pictured)...

Four-day completion for Octane’s £900k bridging case

Octane Capital has completed a £900,000 bridging loan for a client of Mortgages for Business...

Roma Finance unveils sustainability competition for schools

Specialist lender, Roma Finance, has launched an environmental sustainability competition for UK schools, in...

Nivo to drive Black & White Bridging’s digital transformation

Black & White Bridging has chosen Nivo to introduce an app-based application process to...

Together lowers commercial bridging rates

Specialist lender Together has reduced rates, increased LTVs and doubled maximum loan sizes of its...

Aspen provides development exit bridge for Passivhaus scheme

Aspen has completed a £4.55m development exit bridge on one of the UK’s first...

Masthaven offers its lowest ever bridging loan rate

Masthaven Bank has made changes to its bridging range, including launching its lowest ever...

Hope Capital revamps offering and unveils new range

Bridging lender Hope Capital has revised a number of its bridging finance products and...

Roma introduces “enhanced” bridging product

Roma Finance launches new bridging product Roma Finance has launched Roma75, a new bridging...

Black & White Bridging hires corporate finance specialist

Black & White Bridging has appointed Nicholas Goss as head of investments & capital...

MCI teams up with Loans Warehouse

MCI Mortgage Club has partnered with Loans Warehouse to provide more second charge and bridging products...

Roma Finance appoints national sales manager

Roma Finance has announced the promotion of Steve Smith to national sales manager. Smith (pictured)...

First 4 Bridging in tech partnership with Nivo

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has partnered with Nivo to deliver a secure instant messaging...

North West BDM appointment at BFS

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has added to its nationwide team with the appointment of...

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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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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