Specialist

Together+ reaches £1bn pipeline

Specialist lender Together has generated £1bn of applications through its Together+ initiative. The scheme was launched...

Greenfield Mortgages joins Brilliant panel

FCA regulated bridging lender Greenfield Mortgages has announced an expansion to its distribution. It has been...

25% YOY growth for Bridging Finance Solutions

Bridging Finance Solutions has reported a 25% compound growth across the business for the...

Together provides renovation bridging loan in eight hours

Specialist lender Together has funded a customer to complete the renovation of his property...

MFS cuts bridging rates

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has reduced its bridging loan rates, in a more designed...

Oblix Capital appoints BDM for the South West and Wales

Oblix Capital has recruited Andy Gray as business development manager (BDM) for the South...

InterBay Commercial partners with Sesame Network

InterBay Commercial has partnered with Sesame Network to provide a direct submission route for...

Hope Capital slashes bridging loan rates

Bridging lender Hope Capital has cut rates across all of its range of residential,...

Development lender reports record month for completions

Iron Bridge Finance has revealed that October 2019 was its most successful month ever...

Connect for Intermediaries adds Hope Capital to bridging panel

Bridging lender Hope Capital has joined Connect for Intermediaries' panel. Hope Capital has been chosen...

Thirdfort software helps Funding 365 save deal

Funding 365 has rescued an unusual commercial bridging deal by employing client onboarding software...

MFS joins Specialist Financial Services’ 2020 roadshows

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has partnered up with lending hub Specialist Financial Services (SFS)...

Blackwell: trade associations can stave off regulation

Former FCA mortgage manager, Lynda Blackwell, told last week's ASTL Annual Conference that trade...

Central Bridging wins business excellence award

Last week Central Bridging, with its close links to India, were among a group...

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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