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Oblix Capital appoints finance director

Steve Rogers has joined bridging and development lender Oblix Capital as its finance director.  Rogers (pictured) is...

Aspen unveils Finish & Exit bridging deal

Aspen Bridging has launched its new Finish & Exit bridge product. It is available up...

LendInvest secures £200m HSBC residential funding line

LendInvest has agreed funding of up to £200 million from HSBC UK. Th3 new funding...

Precise Mortgages appoints pair of BDMs

Precise Mortgages has appointed two new business development managers (BDMs) to support brokers in...

Sharp YOY rise in Q1 lending for bridging provider

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has reported a 60% increase in loan volumes at the...

Five-day refurb bridge for Aspen Bridging

Aspen Bridging has recently completed a five-day refurbishment bridge, with each element of the...

West One completes £20m bridge

West One Loans has provided a £20m first charge bridging facility against a high...

Roma Finance unveils bridge to term product

Roma Finance is utilising institutional funding for a medium-term mortgage product that customers can...

OSB provides new funding line for Catalyst Property Finance

Catalyst Property Finance has secured "significant" additional capacity to provide short-term finance to borrowers...

Connect for Intermediaries to hold more training academies

Connect for Intermediaries has planned seven extra training academies this year following demand after...

Four-day completion for £4.5m MFS bridge

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has completed a £4.5 million bridging loan within four days. The...

MT Finance to sell £100m of bridging loans

MT Finance has entered into an agreement with a global institutional investment manager with...

Fiduciam becomes FIBA lender partner

Short to medium term lender Fiduciam has become the latest lender partner of FIBA. Fiduciam...

Aspen Bridging ups max loan sizes

Aspen Bridging has increased its maximum loan sizes up to £4m net for portfolios...

COMMENT

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...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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