Specialist

Specialist market “still buoyant”

Complete FS has seen enquiries and applications for specialist lending increase over the past...

Together sponsors Faf de Klerk

Together has teamed up with South African rugby international, Faf de Klerk, as part...

TVR sports car launch backed by bridging lender

Lender Fiducium has supported the launch of a new TVR sports car by providing...

Legal firm becomes ASTL associate member

Gateley Plc has become the latest business to join the Association of Short Term...

Roma Finance finances its largest ever deal

Roma Finance has completed its largest ever case providing £1.1m as part of a...

Octane Capital moves into development arena

Octane Capital has launched its development arm and hired Alex Tyrwhitt as head of development...

ASTL outlines ‘Brexit and Bridging’ line-up

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has published the line up for its...

Mint Bridging selects Safe4 service

Mint Bridging has adopted the Safe4 service from Safe4 Information Management to provide a secure cloud platform...

ASTL member lending tops £3bn

The value of bridging loans written by members of the Association of Short Term...

‘Summer Sale’ from Mint Bridging

Mint Bridging has revealed that it has over £30m of funding to lend in September...

FP Show expands lending remit

The Finance Professional Show (FP Show) will take place on 8 November at Olympia in...

ASTL reveals annual conference details

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) is to hold its annual conference on...

Octane Capital refinances BTL portfolio despite credit issues

Octane Capital has completed a £1.1m refinance of a complex buy-to-let portfolio comprising four properties...

Together lends £3.7m in three days

Together has provided three regulated bridging loans worth more than £3.7 million in three...

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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