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MBE Leeds Expo to hold FIBA debate

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has revealed that the Financial Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA)...

FIBA to introduce ‘Live Deal Room’ to regional events

The Financial Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA) has announced that April's regional events come with...

Strong final quarter of 2017 for ASTL members

In the final three months of 2017, members of the ASTL lent £319.4 million...

Funding 365 promotes from within for head of underwriting position

Funding 365 has announced the promotion of Eddie Boakye to become its head of...

BFS announces brand refresh

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has refreshed its brand and relaunched its website. The bridging lender...

Easter valuations offer from Mint Bridging

Bridging lender, Mint Bridging, is offering free valuations from today (14 March) until the...

Octane Capital hires credit manager

Octane Capital has recruited Dan Tyson as credit manager from Shawbrook Bank. He will report into...

InterBay Commercial joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added InterBay Commercial to its mortgage lender panel. Paradigm member firms...

Trio of appointments at Tuscan Capital

Tuscan Capital has made three new broker-facing appointments. Dena Thompson has been appointed head of...

Yorkshire bridging lender makes business development hire

Yorkshire-based bridging financier TFG Capital has appointed Joel Brooks as a business development executive based...

MBE Leeds details revealed

Registration for Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) Leeds is now open for brokers, IFAs and...

Iron Bridge Finance hires head of underwriting

Iron Bridge Finance has announced the appointment of Gareth Ward as head of underwriting. Ward...

2017 bridging completions up 25% on previous year

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has reported that the final quarter of 2017 saw...

Mint Bridging hires experienced underwriter

Bridging lender Mint Bridging has recruited Roxann Robinson as an underwriter. She joins the team, headed...

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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