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MTF cuts heavy refurb rates

MTF has launched a new heavy refurb range with reduced rates. The new heavy refurb...

Fiduciam refinances three care homes

Bridging and marketplace lender Fiduciam has completed its largest loan to date enabling a borrower to...

Clever Lending and Your Expert Group adopt OMS

One Mortgage System (OMS) has been selected by Clever Lending and Your Expert Group. Clever...

Falcon Bridging Finance partners with Positive Lending

Falcon Bridging Finance has selected Positive Lending as its latest financial intermediary. Intermediaries submitting enquiries...

Q2 rise in demand for bridging finance

Bridging lender MTF's latest Broker Sentiment Survey has found that property investors are increasingly turning to...

Kuflink Bridging appoints head of sales

Kuflink Bridging has announce Jeff Bungar’s promotion to the position of head of sales....

VAS Group to manage all Aspen Bridging valuations

Short-term finance provider Aspen Bridging has extended its partnership with VAS Group to incorporate its...

Tuscan Capital appoints national sales manager

Tuscan Capital has announced the appointment of a national sales manager. Chris Parr is tasked...

Brightstar unveils sponsorship programme for young people

Brightstar Financial has launched its Young Brightstars sponsorship programme. The specialist distributor has provided bursaries...

ASTL reveals members’ Q1 lending figures

In Q1 2018, members of the ASTL lent £386.1 million worth of development loans,...

Top broker criteria search for self-employed borrowers

The monthly Criteria Activity Tracker provided by Knowledge Bank has revealed the most search...

FIBA introduces Professional Partners Panel

Trade body FIBA has established a Professional Partners Panel. It is designed to provide advisers...

VAS Group selected for Falcon’s bridging valuations

Falcon Bridging Finance, the bridging finance division of specialist financier Falcon Group, has selected...

Laybourne Finance becomes latest Shawbrook strategic partner

Specialist lending brokerage Laybourne Finance has joined Shawbrook’s strategic broker panel. Laybourne Finance was formed in...

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...

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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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