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ASTL sees bridging loan application record

The Association of Short-Term Lenders (ASTL) has reported that bridging loan applications in the...

Aspen Bridging extends 0.45% bridging rate

Aspen Bridging is to continue to offer a starting interest rate of 0.45% up...

InterBay Commercial joins F4B panel

Specialist distributor First 4 Bridging (F4B) has added InterBay Commercial, to its lending panel. F4B’s...

Brightstar keeps Best Companies accreditation

Brightstar Financial has retained its 3 Star Best Companies accreditation for workplace engagement. The accreditation...

Roma Finance provides £716k for re-bridge

Roma Finance has provided 100% funding for a customer to acquire a development site...

PMS and Sesame expand bridging lender panels

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network, part of Sesame Bankhall Group, have added Greenfield...

New CEO of the ASTL appointed

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has revealed that Vic Jannels will become...

Central Bridging’s large loans generating considerable interest

Central Bridging has quoted £75m of loans in just over a week, including a...

2020 confidence grows among bridging lenders

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has revealed that bridging lenders have grown...

Best ever month for Fiduciam

Fiduciam granted £43.5 million of new loans in October. This meant it was the best...

Wasserman leaves Enra Group

Enra Group, West One’s parent company, has announced that Stephen Wasserman has stepped down...

Expectation of London property price stability

Bridging & Development Lender Affirmative has released its Mortgage & Market Overview report with...

Ingard expands bridging distribution

Bridging lender  Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has been added to Ingard Financial’s intermediary distribution panel....

Octane Capital steps in to provide bridge after lender pulls out

Octane Capital has provided a £250,000 bridge to a client of Bournemouth-based ADD Capital...

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...

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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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