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The Loan Partnership selects OMS as primary provider

One Mortgage System (OMS) has been adopted by The Loan Partnership as its primary...

Bridging completions down 56% in Q2 

Members of the Association of Short-Term Lenders (ASTL) saw bridging completions reach £470m in...

Hope Capital unveils apprenticeship programme

Bridging lender Hope Capital has launched an apprenticeship scheme and taken on two new...

Enterprise Finance adds Roma Finance to panel

Enterprise Finance has added bridging, development and buy-to-let lender Roma Finance to its panel. ...

Tuscan Capital increases maximum LTVs

Tuscan Capital has introduced a new range of bridging products which restore maximum LTVs...

Criteria searches show effects of Covid-19

Knowledge Bank saw ‘Temporary Maximum LTV Restrictions’ as the leading broker search last month;...

Greenfield and Positive complete fast regulated bridge

Greenfield Mortgages has recently completed a regulated bridging loan in a tight timeframe. Nick Webb,...

Record month for Roma

Roma Finance has reported a record number of loans completed in August, with a...

New associate for the ASTL

Nivo has become the latest firm to join the Association of Short Term Lenders...

Hope Capital unveils two new bridging deals

Hope Capital has launched the 'Seventies Collection', which consists of two new bridging loan...

ASTL reveals conference guest speaker

Charles McDowell, managing director at Hampshire Trust Bank will speak in the guest slot...

NW bridger creates London presence

Kenton Finance has announced a move into London. The expansion will see the North-West...

Loans Warehouse gains regulated bridging authorisation

Loans Warehouse has received full authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to conduct...

Sharp H1 fall in bridging loan transactions

Bridging loan volumes declined by £167.88m to £202.26m in the six months to the...

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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