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Hope Capital signs up to Women in Finance Charter

Bridging lender Hope Capital has signed the Women in Finance Charter, which commits to...

Cabot Square Capital takes majority stake in MSP Capital

Cabot Square Capital has acquired a majority stake in MSP Capital, a specialist provider...

Bridging Vat joins FIBA

FIBA, the trade body for finance professionals, has appointed Bridging Vat as its latest...

Fiduciam completes €5m bridge against French property portfolio

Fiduciam has completed its first loan secured on French real estate. The €5 million bridging...

Precise unveils new refurb buy-to-let offering

Precise Mortgages has launched a new refurb buy-to-let proposition to help landlords maximise rental...

TBMC expands buy-to-let bridging panel

TBMC has expanded its buy-to-let bridging panel to offer an increased number of lending...

Oblix Capital completes £3.4m bridge in 10 days

Oblix Capital has completed a £3.39 million permitted development bridge in 10 days. The...

Bridging lender hails VAS partnership

Aspen Bridging has revealed that it has just completed £50m with VAS Panel valuations...

Brokers increasingly focussing on maximum LTVs

Knowledge Bank has revealed that maximum loan to value was in the top five of...

Fiduciam cuts its bridging loan rate to 0.60%

Fiduciam has lowered the interest rates on its bridging loans for residential property in...

Record quarter for Octopus Property

Specialist property lender Octopus Property originated £100 million of new lending in October, a...

UTB expands its mortgages & bridging team

United Trust Bank has promoted Mike Walters to the position of head of sales for...

Together salvages renovation with short-term loan

Together has saved a renovation project after completing a £135,800 short-term loan in five...

Roma Finance launches in Scotland

Roma Finance is now offering introducers in Scotland access to its bridging and development...

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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