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Mark Sismey-Durrant to advise Oblix Capital

Oblix Capital has appointed Mark Sismey-Durrant as an independent adviser to its board.  His previous...

Octane Capital sees sharp rise in refurb loan AIPs

Octane Capital has reported a 40% increase in refurbishment loan AIPs (agreements in principle)...

Mint Bridging to provide direct access to underwriters

Mint Bridging has changed the way it operates after undertaking an extensive review of...

Funding 365 cuts residential and commercial bridging rates

Funding 365 has cut the starting interest rates for its residential bridging to 0.59%...

Bridging applications reach record level

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

Aspen Bridging offers ‘flextensions’ to clients

Aspen Bridging has introduced flexible loan extensions to help protect a borrower’s equity in...

Funding 365 completes bridging loan in 24 hours

Funding 365 has completed a £450,000 residential investment bridging loan in one day for...

Mint Bridging becomes FIBA member

Mint Bridging has become the latest lender partner of FIBA, the financial intermediary and broker...

Together reports “solid performance” for last quarter

Together has reported that profit before tax for the first quarter of 2019 was...

MFS appoints BDM

Bridging lender Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has hired its third business development manager for...

Signature appoints lending manager in Scotland

Signature Private Finance has appointed Alan Coats as its latest lending manager. He will be...

UTB appointed to Connect for Intermediaries’ panel

United Trust Bank (UTB) products are now available to Connect for Intermediaries brokers, providing...

Castle Trust partners with Platinum Options

Castle Trust has embarked upon a partnership with commercial specialist, Platinum Options, with an...

Brokers increasingly searching for where lenders will lend

Lending in Wales and Scotland were amongst top five criteria searches for the first...

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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