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Funding 365 introduces three-year deals

Funding 365 has launched two innovative three-year loan products, aimed at borrowers looking for...

Shariah-compliant bridging lender launches

Offa, which claimed to be the UK’s first Shariah-compliant bridging lender, has launched today. The...

New board elected for ASTL

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has announced a new board of directors...

TMA Club partners with Together

TMA Club has added specialist lender, Together, to its lender panel. TMA members now...

BFS to maintain personal approach despite growth plans

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has revealed details of its growth and expansion plans, while...

New member for the ASTL

Whitehall Capital has become the latest lender to join the Association of Short Term...

MFS hires new BDM

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has appointed Ewan Duncan as its new business development manager...

Shawbrook provides £11.5m permitted development bridge

Shawbrook’s commercial mortgages team has delivered a 24-month long permitted development bridging loan within...

Signature appoints relationship manager for London and the South

Signature Private Finance has announced the appointment of relationship manager, Andy Neocleous. Neocleous (pictured) will...

Sonia Shortland becomes Apex Bridging MD

Sonia Shortland has been promoted to the position of managing director of midlands based...

Record quarter reported by ASTL members

The Association of Short-Term Lenders (ASTL) has reported that bridging loan books increased to...

MFS completes £17.6m bridging loan

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has completed its largest bridging deal to date, totalling £17.64m. The loan...

ASTL to hold anti money laundering workshop

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) is hosting an anti money laundering (AML)...

Impact Specialist Finance joins TMA packager panel

Impact Specialist Finance has been added to TMA’s approved packager panel. TMA members can now...

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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