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Engaged CRM completes Twenty7Tec sourcing integration

Engaged CRM, which provides CRM solutions to the finance, mortgage, secured loan and bridging intermediary...

Together celebrates best ever month for lending

Together has revealed that it completed £105 million new lending in March 2016, with...

UTB offers new residential improvement loans

United Trust Bank has introduced a new flexible 'Residential Property Improvement Loans' product, aimed...

Network extends arrangement with specialist distributor

The Right Mortgage network (TRM) has extended its panel partnership agreement with Crystal Specialist...

ASTL reveals new associate member

Shakespeare Martineau LLP has become the latest law firm to join the Association of...

Record month for LendInvest

LendInvest has reported that March 2016 was its best ever month. The short-term property finance lender completed...

Blacks joins Precise Mortgages bridging panel

Blacks Connect has joined Precise Mortgages' short-term lending conveyancer panel. The conveyancer, part of Blacks Solicitors, already...

Record month for Mint Bridging

Mint Bridging has revealed that it completed 21 loans in one day, alongside a record month of...

Why bridging will continue to excel in post-MCD world

Bridging finance has continued to develop and grow over the last few years and...

Major lending increase for Roma Finance

Roma Finance, the Manchester based bridging finance and development lender, has reported a 300% increase...

New internal BDM for Dragonfly

Dragonfly Property Finance has announced that February was its largest month ever for Agreements...

Turnover boost for Bridging Finance Solutions

Bridging Finance Solutions has reported a rise in over 50% in turnover at the end of...

Turnover and profits up at Brightstar

Specialist finance distributor Brightstar has reported that its turnover totalled £5.3m for the year...

Rise in bridging as first choice to secure property

Alpha Bridging has claimed that bridging finance is becoming a first port of call...

COMMENT

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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TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

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

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

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

AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

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

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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