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Dragonfly resuscitates complex offshore deal

Dragonfly Property Finance has revealed that it completed a "highly complex" £1.5m deal for a British...

UTB posts pre-tax profit rise

United Trust Bank (UTB) has reported a 67% increase in profits after tax to...

Amicus posts record monthly figures

Amicus has revealed that February was a record for completed business. For the first time...

Bridgebank offers new STL deal

Bridgebank Capital Group has launched a new commercial investment product, which aims to improve the value...

Together upsizes securitisation to £1bn

Together has announced the upsizing of its Charles Street securitisation programme by £325m. This brings...

Aldermore to hold MBE Leeds seminars

The Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) at Leeds Armouries on 20 April will include a series...

Pivot Finance selects Target technology

Bridging and development finance lender Pivot Finance has chosen Target Group to provide its Bluechip...

MTF hires head of new business

Bridging finance provider MTF has appointed James Anderson to the position of head of...

New associate member for the ASTL

CG Recovery has joined the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) as an associate...

EQUIS reports 30% increase in loans written

EQUIS has revealed that its members wrote loans worth over £1.1 billion in 2015, representing...

2015 a “brilliant year” for the bridging sector

The latest West One Bridging Index has found that gross annual bridging lending surpassed...

Using a bridge for an HMO investment

HMO developments can yield some fantastic returns upon investment and it is little surprise...

PTFS chooses secured loan & bridging sourcing system

Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS) has selected LoanSource from Twenty7Tec as an integrated product sourcing...

Shawbrook joins trade body

Shawbrook Bank, has become the latest member of the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL). This takes...

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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