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Brokers back Brexit

A new poll, carried out in April by specialist lender United Trust Bank, has found...

Sharp rise in gross bridging lending

Annual gross bridging lending increased by 56% during the first three months of 2016, according to...

New BDM for Hope Capital

Hope Capital has appointed a new business development manager (BDM) for the North and...

New hire at Bridging Finance Solutions

Barbara Corbett has joined Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) as finance controller.  Formerly a management accountant...

P2P launch sees Alpha Bridging rebrand

Alpha Bridging is rebranding as Kuflink Bridging as it launches a new peer to peer...

Brightstar reveals EasySource launch date

Brightstar has announced that its specialist sourcing system and case management tool, EasySource, will...

Trio of lenders integrate with APAC’s mortgage software

Precise Mortgages, Shawbrook Bank and Together have become the first three lenders to begin to...

New external BDMs for Dragonfly

Dragonfly Property Finance has recruited Chris Holden and Lauren Gill as external business development...

New associate member for the ASTL

Smith & Williamson LLP has joined the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) as...

Crystal’s completions up 153%

Crystal Specialist Finance issued terms on £401m worth of business from January to March,...

LendInvest to move into longer-term loans

LendInvest has secured a warehouse financing facility with Macquarie for an initial amount of...

Mint Bridging partners to create syndicated division

Mint Bridging has entered into a joint venture with Mark Abrahams, a founder of...

Key appointments to Together’s leadership team

Specialist lender Together has made two senior appointments to its leadership team. The group of...

Possible Brexit affecting broker positivity

The latest sentiment survey of ASTL members has found that just 38% of bridging...
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COMMENT

Comment

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

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