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Knowledge Bank expands Covid-19 feed

Knowledge Bank has added second charges and bridging to its Covid-19 live feed as...

F4B and Grosvenor Funding partner for four-day bridging loan

Specialist distributor First 4 Bridging (F4B) and Grosvenor Funding have teamed up to secure...

Aspen utilises desktop valuations to continue to lend

Aspen Bridging insists it will continue to lend through the coronavirus pandemic and is...

Oblix Capital tech partnership minimises remote working impact

Oblix Capital has teamed up with technology firm Nivo Solutions to enable the use...

Robert Sinclair: “I fear for non-bank lenders”

The chief executive of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has warned that the coronavirus...

Roma Finance stops new business lending

Bridging, buy-to-let and development finance lender, Roma Finance, has temporarily stopped accepting new business...

Octane Capital completes four deals in past 24 hours

Octane Capital says it will continue to support its broker partners as normally as possible...

Roma Finance criteria available on Knowledge Bank

Bridging, buy-to-let and development finance lender, Roma Finance, has added its criteria to the...

Together provides £1m+ bridging loan for Manchester development

Specialist lender Together has provided a short-term loan of more than £1 million for...

SMG offers free CRM migration to other packagers

Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG) is offering other packagers access to its online CRM with...

UTB sees 21% increase in new lending in 2019

United Trust Bank (UTB) has reported a 21% increase in new lending in 2019,...

J.P. Morgan provides Glenhawk with new funding line

Glenhawk has secured a new senior funding line with J.P. Morgan in order to...

Hope Capital unveils new flexible bridging loan

Hope Capital has launched a flexible new bridging loan called Hope FleXi, which is designed to meet...

All change in top five equity release criteria searches

Knowledge Bank's February criteria index has shown a number of surprise results with some sectors...

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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