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Central Bridging now available on Knowledge Bank

Having worked closely with both Connect for Intermediaries and Knowledge Bank in recent weeks, Central...

Promotion for Roz Cawood at Masthaven

Masthaven Ban has announced the promotion of Roz Cawood to head of sales for...

Bridging Vat joins ASTL

Bridging Vat has become the latest lender to join the Association of Short Term...

Hampshire Trust Bank joins SimplyBiz Mortgages panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages' members now have access to Hampshire Trust Bank's (HTB) range of mortgage...

Openwork expands specialist lending panel

Openwork is expanding its specialist lending panel with the addition of new providers for...

Accredo joins FIBA lender panel

Commercial finance trade body, FIBA, has announced the appointment of specialist lender, Accredo, to...

Lightfoots Solicitors joins ASTL

Lightfoots Solicitors is the latest professional organisation to become an associate member of the...

BFS beefs up cyber security

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has worked with cyber security firm, Xyone, and has undertaken...

New funding line for Shariah-compliant bridging lender

Offa, a Shariah-compliant bridging lender, has agreed a major funding line from the Shariah-compliant...

LendInvest launches green finance initiative

All LendInvest Bridge-to-Let borrowers are now eligible to benefit from a cashback when they...

Connect for Intermediaries adds Aspen Bridging to panel

Aspen Bridging has been appointed to Connect for Intermediaries' bridging panel. The network will package...

Masthaven unveils short-term lending broker portal

Masthaven has launched its online Broker Portal for its short-term lending division. The bank says...

Crystal Specialist Finance partners with Beneficial network

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has been appointed to the Beneficial network panel to deliver...

Octane Capital makes sales support team appointment

Ryan Houssart has become the latest member of Octane Capital's sales support team. He joins...

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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