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P2P platform gets IFISA green light

LandlordInvest has secured ISA manager approval from HM Revenue and Customs. The FCA authorised peer-to-peer lending platform...

Do your specialist and mainstream knowledge match up?

So here we are in a new year. 2017 has arrived and, if your...

New BDM for Signature Private Finance

Signature Private Finance has appointed Gary Playle as its new business development manager to...

Y3S takes 50% stake in Pink Pig Loans

Y3S Group has acquired a 50% shareholding in Pink Pig Loans (PPL), a brokerage...

Bridging Finance Solutions appoints regional business manager

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has announced the appointment of Richard Gray as regional business manager. Gray...

Record month for West One Loans

West One Loans has reported a record month in November with £54 million lent across residential...

Lender and distributor partner to save ‘dream home’ deal

Working in partnership to save customers from losing their dream home, Together and Specialist...

Goldentree: what north-south divide?

A bridging and development finance lender has revealed the geographical makeup of its lending. Goldentree...

Precise customer details at risk following burglary

A burglary last month at Precise Mortgages' site in Wolverhampton saw computer equipment stolen...

New national BDM for Positive Commercial Finance

Positive Commercial Finance has recruited Gary Ellis as business development manager. Ellis (pictured) has worked in...

CSF and Together save £12m development

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) secured a £3.6m bridge with Together in 10 working days to save a multi-property...

LendInvest reduces minimum bridging loan size

LendInvest has cut the minimum loan size applicable across its range of bridging finance products. The lender will...

Kuflink opens new principal office

Bridging lender Kuflink Bridging has had its new head office in Gravesend officially opened by Treasury...

Masthaven open for business as challenger bank

New challenger bank Masthaven has launched today with savings and lending products. The new player says it is 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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