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Brightstar marks World Mental Health Awareness Day

Brightstar staff joined together on Tuesday (10 October) to raise awareness and raise funds...

Together improves Top Track 250 ranking

Together has once again been listed in The Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track...

IMLA: outlook for specialist lenders is positive

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has reported that the value of specialist mortgage lenders’...

Y3S Group rebrands to Specialist Mortgage Group

South Wales-based finance group Y3S has become the Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG). It consists of...

Fast funding saves family business

Clever Lending and Together have managed to help a daughter save the family business her late...

AOBP appoints lender committee

The Association of Bridging Professionals (AOBP) has finalised the formation of its lender committee. It...

Brits’ property inheritance plans revealed

A new survey has found that 36% of people across the UK will be...

SMP reveals Level 4 exam milestone

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has reported that 1,000 advisers have now passed the...

Together backs Birmingham’s Broad Street regeneration

Together has provided a £787,500 short-term loan to support a regeneration project on...

Clever Lending becomes LendInvest strategic partner

Clever Lending has been appointed as a strategic partner of LendInvest. The firm will now...

Gross bridging lending continues to recover post-referendum

West One’s latest Bridging Index has stated that gross annualized lending increased to £4.3bn in June,...

New packager promises “old fashioned values”

Edinburgh-based packager Thistle Finance has launched with plans to restore the sector’s "old fashioned values". It...

Sharp rise in profits at Together

Together has posted a 29.7% increase in pre-tax profits for the year ended 30 June...

Bridging can fill potential buy-to-let void

Uncertainty must feel like a normal part of the profession for those who are...

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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