Specialist

Andy Reid joins MFS

Bridging lender Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has appointed industry stalwart Andy Reid as its...

BestAdvice bridging survey winner revealed

BestAdvice can reveal the winner of £100 worth of Amazon vouchers for its Bridging...

Enra Specialist Finance completes £268m securitisation

Enra Specialist Finance has priced its first residential mortgage backed securities, backed by a...

Aspen helps FTB leverage new build purchase

A first-time buyer requiring maximum leverage to purchase an off-plan, new-build flat in London...

Average bridging LTVs rose in Q3

There has been a 46% increase in bridging loan volume in the third quarter...

Fiduciam expects further £200m of CBILS loan requests

Short-term lender Fiduciam expects to receive at least another £200 million of requests for Coronavirus...

Funding 365 unveils stepped bridge from 0.59%

Funding 365 has launched a new residential bridging product with a stepped interest rate...

LendInvest expands legal panel

LendInvest has appointed UK law firm Birketts to its legal panel for buy-to-let and...

Record quarter for Octane Capital

Octane Capital has revealed that the third quarter of 2020 was its biggest quarter...

New lower rates from Roma

Roma Finance has reduced rates while increasing LTVs and loan amounts across its product...

Catalyst ups bridging LTVs

Catalyst Property Finance has made changes to its bridging lending criteria. The criteria changes are...

Glenhawk unveils free valuation offer

Specialist property lender Glenhawk has launched a free valuation offering. It also does not...

Signature appoints national development manager

Signature Property Finance has appointed Paul Tromans to a dual role within the business,...

First 4 Bridging opens intermediary support centre

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

networks

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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Buy-to-let

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...
News

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...
Appointments

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

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

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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