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BDM relocation pays off for Mint Bridging

Mint Bridging has relocated its sales and business development team to MediaCityUK, Salford.  The six strong...

Refurbishment top reason for bridging

The second quarter of the year saw gross bridging lending increase by 26% on...

AToM outlines September roadshow programme

All Types of Mortgages Ltd (AToM) has revealed the dates and locations for its September...

Record month for Amicus Property Finance

Amicus Property Finance has announced a record month of lending in July at £72...

Trio of new broker BDMs for Together

Together has appointed three new business development managers to cover the North East, London...

Kuflink’s P2P ISA benefiting bridging funding

Kuflink, which launched a P2P ISA along with two other specific investment options to...

Record results for Roma

Roma Finance has reported its most successful half year results. In the year to 30 June...

Sirius Property Finance expands team

Sirius Property Finance, a division of Brightstar, is expands its London office. The business works...

Together partners with Bamboo Auctions

Together has teamed up with Bamboo Auctions, an online property auction marketplace, to offer...

AToM and UTB complete £1.7m bridge in nine days

All Types of Mortgages (AToM) has revealed that it arranged a £1.7m regulated bridging loan...

Together appoints commercial operations manager

Specialist lender Together has appointed Lesley Gardner as its new commercial operations manager. Gardner (pictured)...

AOBP completes executive committee make-up

The Association of Bridging Professionals (AOBP) has appointed a fourth new member, Jordan McBriar,...

Law firms joins the ASTL

JPC Law, a commercial and private client practice, has joined the Association of Short...

Quantum Funding makes northern hire

Quantum Funding has appointed Rob Emmison as broker manager to increase regional support for...

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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