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Most popular uses for bridging loans in Q3 revealed

The latest Bridging Trends report, which covers the third quarter of 2019, has found...

Hope Capital doubles maximum lending term

Hope Capital has extended its lending to 24 months. Until now Hope Capital’s maximum lending...

PMS and Sesame to hold specialist lending events

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network are to host a new range of specialist...

Aspen Bridging steps in to save semi-commercial investment

Aspen Bridging has completed a 72.5% LTV semi-commercial bridging loan on a London property...

James Bloom leaves Masthaven

James Bloom, managing director of short-term lending at Masthaven, has left the lender. A spokesperson...

Most bridging brokers upbeat about volumes

Over two thirds of brokers predict they will write more bridging business this year 69%...

Positive Lending places milestone bridging case with Precise

Master broker and packager Positive Lending has placed its 1,000 bridging loan case with...

BFS maintains Merseyside presence during growth period

Wirral-based Bridging Finance Solutions has continued to consolidate its presence within Merseyside, with 25%...

Tuscan Capital joins FIBA lender panel

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has announced the appointment of short term...

Aspen Bridging appoints finance director

Aspen Bridging has appointed Manjeet Bhogal as finance director, who takes overall control of...

Bridging firm introduces Open Banking

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has launched Open Banking as part of what it says...

Signature Private Finance expands lending team

Signature Private Finance has appointed Michelle Walsh to its team of relationship managers. Walsh will be...

Roma Finance completes its largest ever case

Roma Finance has provided a loan of £1.85m in its largest ever case. The loan...

Funding 365 completes £1.1m auction finance deal

Funding 365 has completed an unregulated bridging loan at an interest rate of 0.59%...

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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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