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New £200m funding line for bridging lender

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has secured its second funding line in 2021, worth £200...

Online bridging lender launched by platform

Portfolio management platform, Lendlord, has unveiled an online bridging lender for property investors. Available on...

Bridging lender revamps offering

Masthaven Bank has made changes to its current bridging range, including introducing new refurbishment...

Bridging lender expands solicitor panel

Mint Bridging has announced the appointment of Spector Constant & Williams to its panel...

United Trust Bank increases maximum bridging LTV

United Trust Bank (UTB) has increased the maximum LTV available across its whole range...

Bridging lender rebrands and revamps offering

Bridging lender Roma Finance has rebranded and changed its criteria. The lender says it has...

New identity for development finance provider

Hambros Secured Lending has relaunched as Impact Lending, a new business arm in the...

Castle Trust joins PMS and Sesame panels

Castle Trust Bank has been added to the lender panels of PMS Mortgage Club...

Together in short-term lending partnership with L&G

Together's bridging products have been added to Legal & General’s digital criteria service designed...

Roma Finance joins MCI’s lender panel

MCI Mortgage Club has added Roma Finance to its lending panel, for those looking...

First 4 Bridging hires key account manager

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has appointed Sonia Mann as a key account manager for...

Brightstar offers specialist lending virtual clinics

Brightstar Financial has embarked upon a new campaign to educate brokers about the benefits...

2020 bridging completions down 28%

Latest figures compiled by auditors from data provided by members of the Association of...

Aspen appoints head of sales

Aspen Bridging has appointed Ian Miller-Hawes to the newly created role of head 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...

Latest news

ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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