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Signature introduces product to help developments complete

Signature Property Finance has introduced a new product aimed at developers struggling to complete...

Bridging market sees significant rise in applications

Members of the Association of Short-Term Lenders (ASTL) saw their combined new bridging applications...

MFS launches ‘deadline driven’ rates

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has unveiled 753 (75-cubed), a new offering designed to fast-track...

Black & White Bridging selects exclusive master broker distribution partner

Loans Warehouse is to be the only packager/distributor in the UK to carry Black...

Rapid growth for London-based bridging lender

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has expanded its headcount by 40% since the start of...

Alternative Bridging Corporation hires BDM for Midlands & North

Alternative Bridging Corporation has added to its business development manager (BDM) team with the...

Roma Finance appoints head of transformational change

Roma Finance has announced the appointment of Michael Allison as head of transformational change. With...

LendInvest boosts bridging range

LendInvest has made a number of changes to its bridging proposition, including rate reductions...

Apsen breaks own monthly completion record

Aspen Bridging has recorded a new monthly completions record, lending £23m in April 2021. ...

Sesame Bankhall Group unveils new master broker panel

Sesame Bankhall Group has announced that PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network members now...

Four new hires for Mint Property Finance

Specialist finance lender, Mint Property Finance, has recruited four individuals across four business areas. Stephen...

Brian West joins Pivot

Brian West has been appointed as Pivot's new head of commercial operations and marketing. Pivot...

Black & White Bridging becomes NACFB patron

Black & White Bridging has joined the NACFB as a patron. The Bristol based specialist...

UTB joins MCI lender panel

United Trust Bank (UTB) has become the latest lender to join MCI Club's lender...

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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