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Oblix Capital appoints new BDM

Oblix Capital has appointed Mark Marlow as a business development manager (BDM) for London...

Central Bridging provides £2m second charge bridge

Central Bridging has completed a £2m second charge bridging loan in 10 working days. The...

UTB appoints head of product development

Simon Burnell, formerly director of sales at Vida Homeloans, has joined United Trust Bank...

30% of brokers expect zero growth in 2019

United Trust Bank’s latest broker sentiment survey has found that 51% of brokers operating...

£500k bridge arranged in seven hours

Broker Finance 4 Business (F4B) and specialist lender Together have announced the completion of...

CSF competes first Precise refurb BTL case

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has finalised its first Precise Mortgages’ Refurb Buy to Let...

High LTV mortgages remain a priority for brokers

Knowledge Bank has revealed the the top five most searched criteria by brokers during November...

Record month for Glenhawk

Glenhawk originated £9.28 million of loans during November, a record month for the business. 11 loans...

RBS triples Roma Finance funding line

Roma Finance has secured a major increase of its funding facility with the Royal Bank...

42% of finance brokers have no Brexit plans

United Trust Bank’s latest broker sentiment survey has found that 42% of brokers operating...

500 pre-register for Lenderlink sourcing platform

Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG) has started the roll out its free Lenderlink sourcing tool. Users...

Roma Finance employs Open Banking to speed up application process

Roma Finance has completed the pilot phase of offering an Open Banking solution to...

Diversification behind brokers taking on bridging clients

New research has found that 65% of brokers say that the key reason they...

Fall in quarterly value of completed bridging loans

ASTL bridging lender members have reported figures for the third quarter of 2018 that...

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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