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First 4 Bridging opens intermediary support centre

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has expanded its proposition with the opening of a Manchester-based...

Jon Hall to leave Masthaven Bank in 2021

Jon Hall, chief commercial officer and Deputy CEO of Masthaven Bank, will to leave...

Catalyst to pay enhanced bridging procuration fees

Catalyst Property Finance has launched 'PROC-tober', an initiative for intermediaries which pays an enhanced...

Hope Capital appoints head of portfolio management

Jemma Wood has been promoted by bridging lender Hope Capital to the position of...

Four-fifths of brokers ‘ready’ for Covid second wave

United Trust Bank has revealed that 81% of property and commercial finance brokers who...

Precise Mortgages revamps bridging range

Precise Mortgages has launched a new bridging finance with improved LTVs and increased maximum loan...

Signature Property Finance hires new relationship manager

Short-term lender, Signature Property Finance, has appointed Bob Stones as its latest relationship manager. Stones...

Funding 365 improves light development product pricing

Funding 365 has reduced the pricing on its light development product, with now starting...

Hope Capital expands underwriting operation

Bridging lender Hope Capital has announced an expansion ion its underwriting team with the...

Bridgeshield joins ASTL

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

Roma Finance appoints underwriter and boosts BTL funding

Roma Finance has announced both the appointment of Emma Barker as senior underwriter and...

Bridging lender hails record summer

Hope Capital has reported a surge in demand as the market emerges from lockdown. From...

BFS appoints North West BDM

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has appointed Damian Davies as business development manager in the...

Senior underwriter joins Hope Capital from Together

Mike Watson has been appointed as senior underwriter at Hope Capital. Watson (pictured) joins the short-term...

COMMENT

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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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...

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...

Detached homes dominate new lifetime mortgage lending in early 2026

Owners of detached properties accounted for more than four in 10 new lifetime mortgages...

Brokers invited to webinar on boosting landlord income strategies

Brokers are being offered an opportunity to learn how to help landlords accelerate income...

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