Specialist

Octane Capital makes sales and credit appointments

Octane Capital has made two new hires. Shrena Patel has started as senior business development...

Hope Capital launches Custom Collection to personalised bridging loans

Hope Capital is to launch its new Custom Collection range of bridging loans. This collection...

Roma Finance increases bridging LTV to 70%

Roma Finance has increased its loan to value (LTV) to 70% on residential bridging...

Aspen raises maximum LTV and loan amount

Aspen Bridging ia increasing its maximum LTV to 75%, raising its top loan amount...

Mint Bridging unveils new development products

Mint Bridging has introduced two new products designed for the building development market. For those...

Roma Finance joins Right Mortgage & Protection Network panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has added specialist bridging, development and buy-to-let lender,...

Bridging firm donates meals to the NHS

Alternative Bridging has committed to donate one meal to Compassion London for each loan...

Aspen Bridging joins Beneficial network panel

Aspen Bridging has been appointed to Beneficial network’s specialist mortgage lender panel/ All Beneficial 120...

FIBA adds bridging lender to panel

FIBA has announced the appointment of Reim Capital to its lender panel. Reim Capital, launched...

Roma Finance joins Complete FS panel

Specialist packager, Complete FS, has added Roma Finance to its packager panel. The specialist bridging,...

Covid-19 dominates Knowledge Bank’s April searches

April’s results from the monthly Knowledge Bank tracker of criteria searches show that across...

Roma Finance offers bridge-to-term product

Roma Finance is providing a bridge-to-term product to offer borrowers peace of mind when...

OSB moves to 70% LTV ceiling on BTL and residential

OneSavings Bank has announced "enhanced" lending options. Precise Mortgages recently extended its range of products to...

MFS: we’ve lent £18m during lockdown

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has completed 22 bridging loans during the Covid-19 lockdown period,...

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...

PROFILES