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Impact Specialist Finance partners with Hampshire Trust Bank

Impact Specialist Finance has agreed an approved packager deal with Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB)...

Together completes £2m re-bridge in four days

Specialist lender Together has worked with master broker Finance 4 Business (F4B) to complete...

Oblix Capital makes COO appointment

Oblix Capital has appointed Stuart Sykes as its new chief operating officer (COO). He is...

Affirmative joins Beneficial’s panel

Bridging and development lender Affirmative is now on panel with the Beneficial adviser network. Members of...

Impact Specialist Finance unveils specialist referral service

Impact Specialist Finance has launched a referral service for its broker partners. The service can...

BFS funds £1.65m luxury residential build in Surrey

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has completed a large scale development finance deal, supporting a...

Octane Capital reaches £250m redemption mark

Octane Capital has revealed that it has passed £250m of redemptions since launching in...

Brightstar Financial joins SmartrRefer panel

Brightstar Financial has become the latest distributor to be added to SmartrRefer, the new...

Fiduciam moves into Scotland

Bridging lender Fiduciam has expanded into Scotland and has now completed its first transaction...

Hope Capital enquiries up 61%

Hope Capital has revealed that the number of loans granted in September is double...

Signature Private Finance hires relationship manager

Privately-owned principal lender, Signature Private Finance, has promoted Nazia Yaqub to the position of...

Impact Specialist Finance added to SmartrRefer

Impact Specialist Finance has joined SmartrRefer, Legal & General Mortgage Club’s approved specialist distribution panel. Legal...

Catalyst Property Finance joins PMS and Sesame panels

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network have added Catalyst Property Finance to their bridging...

Fiduciam grows all-female Spanish team

Fiduciam has increased its Spanish team to eight, following the recruitment of three new...

COMMENT

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...

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

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MAB research shows confidence among buyers is rising, but many still hesitate

More than half of prospective buyers say they are ready to purchase in 2026,...

Market Harborough cuts fixed rates and adds pre-completion switch option

Market Harborough Building Society has cut fixed mortgage rates by up to 36bps and...

Together appoints corporate sales director for Teesside and North Yorkshire

Together has appointed Kristi Capaldi as corporate sales director for Teesside and North Yorkshire,...

Ceta unveils rent guarantee products for landlords facing longer possession delays

Ceta has launched four wholesale rent guarantee products, arguing that longer possession timelines under...

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