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Positive first to use Precise’s bridging AVM

Positive Lending has been able to provide its first ‘same day’ bridging offer by using Precise Mortgage’s...

AToM to hold expo and gala dinner

All Types of Mortgages Ltd (AToM) is holding a specialist lender expo on 30...

CSF completes deal in under 24 hours

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has revealed that it completed one of its quickest deals...

Amicus quartet scale Atlas height

Four staff members from Amicus Property Finance have completed the ascent of the highest peak...

ASTL welcomes 35th member

Short-term property finance specialist Avamore Capital has joined the Association of Short Term Lenders...

43% of brokers adversely affected by referendum

A new poll of over 200 finance brokers operating in the fields of bridging,...

Precise hails bridging AVM as ‘win-win’

Precise Mortgages has introduced an Automated Valuation Model (AVM) to its bridging loan process. The lender claims...

LendInvest completes three-day bridge with First 4 Bridging

LendInvest has completed a bridging loan within three days on behalf of master broker...

Dragonfly passes major lending milestone

Dragonfly Property Finance, part of the Octopus group, has passing £2bn of loan completions...

New London offices for Fortwell Capital

Fortwell Capital, the provider of short and medium-term real estate funding, is moving to new, long-term...

Specialist Financial Services to use Bluechip Broker

Target Group is to supply its Bluechip Broker system to Specialist Financial Services, a...

ASTL annual conference keynote speaker revealed

Lord Daniel Finkelstein, political journalist and former adviser to the Prime Minister, is to...

Funding 365 completes £8.5m bridging in 3 days

Funding 365 has completed an £8.5m bridging loan within three working days in order...

Shawbrook changes short-term loan criteria

Shawbrook Bank has made four tweaks to its criteria for short-term loans (STL) following...
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COMMENT

Stamp Duty

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

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Appointments

TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...
Building Societies

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...
News

AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has launched a brand refresh intended to reflect its...
News

IMLA guide explains why fixed mortgage rates can rise before Bank Rate moves

IMLA has published a report and five-minute guide to help advisers explain how swap...

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