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Central Bridging completes £1.8m bridge for overseas investor

Central Bridging has completed a £1.8m bridging loan in nine working days for a...

Roma Finance doubles sales and underwriting teams

Roma Finance has doubled the size of its business development manager (BDM) and underwriting...

Octopus Property revamps product offering

Octopus Property has revised its bridge-to-let, development exit and refurbishment products. The lender says the...

Hope Capital introduces new fixed fee loan

Hope Capital is offering a fixed fee bridging loan. The fixed fee loan is available up...

Kuflink opens office in London

Kuflink has opened an office in the capital. The move follows a quarter which has...

Large majority of bridging brokers saw Q3 volume rise

MTF's latest Broker Sentiment Survey has revealed that demand for bridging finance grew in...

CSF offering new Shawbrook Refurb-to-Let semi-exclusive

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has joined up with Shawbrook Bank to launch the lender’s...

Northern property market boosts Bridging Finance Solutions’ turnover

Bridging Finance Solutions has reported a 25% increase in turnover compared to the same...

Signature Private Finance appoints Midlands BDM

Short-term property finance provider Signature Private Finance has appointed Dan Parry as its new...

Together completes regulated bridge in three days

Specialist lender Together and specialist distributor Clever Lending have completed a regulated bridging loan...

Oblix Capital completes £970k permitted development bridge

Oblix Capita has completed on a permitted development (PD) bridge in Dudley, West Midlands...

Octane Capital appoints senior credit manager

Octane Capital has hired Donna-Louise House as senior credit manager. She will report into Matt...

West One Loans establishes ‘premier loan team’

West One Loans has set up a premier loan team to support intermediaries and...

Octane Capital appoints senior structured finance manager

Octane Capital has hired Rick Hollingsworth as its senior structured finance manager. He will report...

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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