Specialist

Pair join Together’s commercial team

Together has announced two appointments to its commercial team. David Walsh (pictured, centre) has joined as...

The bridging price war will continue

It has been, shall we say, an interesting start to the new year particularly...

Expansion plans at BFS

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) is planning to double turnover for the third year running. Last year was...

Shawbrook completes urgent bridge in three days

Shawbrook Bank's commercial mortgages has stepped in to provide a vital bridging loan for a client...

New head of sales for Mint Bridging

Mint Bridging has hired Sinead Moynihan as its new head of sales. Before joining...

New Shawbrook Academy schedule published

Shawbrook Bank has announced a new series of its Shawbrook Academy events for advisers. The...

Roma Finance aids £1m basement conversion

Roma Finance has come to the rescue of a customer, who had been let down...

New associate member for ASTL

Begbies Traynor has become the latest associate member to join the Association of Short...

New bridging rates from Octopus Property

Octopus Property has made rates reductions on its bridging loan range across all major LTV bandings....

Record 2016 for Crystal Specialist Finance

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has reported that in 2016 issued terms were up 81%, completed...

BFS unveils its lowest bridging rate yet

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has announced that its rates will start from 0.75% per...

Castle Trust joins AOBP

Castle Trust has joined the Association of Bridging Professionals (AOBP) as an Associate Lender. It...

Bridging lender unveils 0.55% deal

Bridging lender Signature Private Finance has launched a new 0.55% per month product, with...

Connect for Intermediaries launches residential permissions

Connect for Intermediaries has expanded its mortgage network proposition to now include residential permissions. The...

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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