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Octane Capital appoints internal business development associate

Octane Capital has recruited George Lyall as internal business development associate. He will report...

InterBay cuts commercial rates and allows dual legal representation for bridging

InterBay Commercial has reduced rates across its commercial and semi commercial products. It has also...

Signature supports local Mind

Short-term property finance firm Signature Private Finance recently presented a cheque for £6,630.65 to...

Rebrand for Hope Capital as lending volumes double

Hope Capital has rebranded and moved to a new office as part of its...

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...

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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