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Dragonfly expands BDM team

Dragonfly Property Finance has added two more external business development managers (BDMs) to its...

New member for the ASTL

Fiducial has become the latest company to join the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL). ...

Fall in average monthly bridging loan interest rates

£432.5m of bridging loans were completed by its contributors in 2015, according to Bridging...

Together in major recruitment drive

Specialist lender Together is holding an open evening at its head office in Cheadle on...

Hope Capital hires Midlands BDM

Bridging lender Hope Capital has appointed a business development manager (BDM) who will focus on the...

Bridging finance “still popular beyond buy-to-let”

Clever Lending has reported a steady increase in bridging finance applications for a variety of...

Precise unveils limited company BTL deal

Precise Mortgages will tomorrow (21 January) launch a limited company buy-to-let product. Rates start at 4.09%...

New member for the ASTL

SimplyBiz Group has become the latest addition to join the Association of Short Term...

Positive Lending completes £10m bridge

Positive Lending has revealed that it completed a £10m bridging loan with United Trust...

Shawbrook posts commercial SLA results for December

Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division has published its service level agreement (SLA) figures for December...

Beware the best bridging rates

At First 4 Bridging we speak to brokers every day of the week, and...

Dragonfly celebrates best ever month

Dragonfly Property Finance has revealed that it had its biggest month ever in December...

Together saves client with two-day turnaround

Together has revealed that it worked with partners Crystal Specialist Finance and Priority Law...

New hires for West One Loans

Bridging lender West One Loans has made two key appointments. Paul Simpson joins 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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