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LMC funds 7 deals in 7 days for Finance 4 Business

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation has completed seven funding transactions in a week, worth £3m, for...

Bridging business volumes expected to rise this year

73% of brokers operating in the bridging sector expect to complete more bridging business...

The benefits of niche financial solutions

In any industry, a niche sector provides a differentiated and beneficial product or service...

Dragonfly reaches redemption milestone

Dragonfly Property Finance has now redeemed more than £0.75bn in loans since its launch...

Omni Capital unveils new intermediary sales hub

Omni Capital has introduced an intermediary-facing sales hub, Omni Capital Client Services, which replaces Omni Capital's...

Norton Folgate acquired by Amicus

Short-term lender Amicus Finance Plc, which recently rebranded from Capital Bridging Finance Ltd, has announced...

Record breaking deal for Hope Capital

Short-term lender Hope Capital has just completed its largest ever loan deal. The £3.3...

New member for the ASTL

Manchester-based bridging and development finance lender Roma Finance has joined the ASTL. Roma Finance provides...

TRM partners with Crystal Mortgages

New broker network, The Right Mortgage and Protection (TRM), has entered into a preferred...

Shawbrook changes structure of specialist teams

Shawbrook Bank has made a number of changes and promotions across its specialist teams...

Brokers bullish about buy-to-let

82% of brokers expect the buy-to-let market to continue to strengthen during 2015, according...

Capital Bridging rebrands

Capital Bridging Finance is rebranding to Amicus. The short-term property finance provider argues the...

Major rise in bridging loans written by ASTL members

The Association of Short Term Lenders’ (ASTL) latest quarterly figures have revealed that the...

New multimillion pound funding round for Borro

Borro has raised £13 million in funding, led by OurCrowd and Rocket Internet, to...

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Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

URGENT! AI Is coming for you. Or maybe not…

I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

Navigating HMO and MUFB complexity with confidence

Historically, larger Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and Multi-Unit Freehold Blocks (MUFBs) have often been avoided due to their complex layouts, individual planning requirements,...

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e4 Strategic joins OPDA to back smarter property data sharing

Digital solutions provider e4 Strategic has joined the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) to...

International landlords drive surge in buy-to-let company formations

One in five buy-to-let companies incorporated in the UK this year has at least...

The Tipton & Coseley widens expat residential mortgage range

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has expanded its offering for expat residential borrowers by...

The Right Mortgage launches ‘Opportunity Insights’ podcast series

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has unveiled a new podcast series aimed at...