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Hope Capital launches commercial collection

Hope Capital has unveiled its Nineties Collection for commercial property. The collection consists of two...

First 4 Bridging unveils network proposition

Specialist packager, First 4 Bridging (F4B), has launched the F4B Network. The form says its...

The Dudley joins MCI Mortgage Club

The Dudley Building Society has become the latest lender to join MCI Mortgage Club’s panel. The...

London Credit relaunches auction product

London Credit has relaunched its auction finance product, where an offer can be issued...

Glenhawk poaches Pritchard from Precise

Glenhawk has appointed Jamie Pritchard to the newly created role of director of sales. Pritchard...

Change in January second charge criteria searches

Knowledge Bank's latest monthly criteria index shows the second charge market saw the biggest...

Hope Capital moves into the Eighties

Bridging lender, Hope Capital, has launched the Eighties Collection, consisting of two new bridging loan...

Aspen offers new ‘rapid’ desktop product

Aspen Bridging has reduced its stepped rate to 0.44%, its flat rate to 0.74%...

Smart Money relaunches buy-to-let proposition

Cheshire-based specialist distributor, Smart Money, has unveiled a new offering for introducers. Having previously focussed on...

Roma Finance and Loans Warehouse complete complex auction deal

Roma Finance and Loans Warehouse have partnered to complete a complicated back-to-back auction purchase. Roma...

CSF and MT Finance complete 10-day £1.6m regulated bridge

MT Finance, which recently launched its regulated bridging proposition, has completed its quickest deal...

Suros Capital hires high-net worth specialist

Luxury asset backed lender, Suros Capital, has appointed Charles Hodge as business development director. He is...

Hope Capital joins Mortgage Market Alliance

Hope Capital has become the latest member of the Mortgage Market Alliance, the platform...

MT Finance appoints head for new regulated division

Raphael Benggio has joined MT Finance to head up its newly launched regulated bridging...

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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