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Latest ASTL conference speaker revealed

Jonathan Newman, solicitor and senior partner of Brightstone Law LLP, is the latest spokesperson...

UTB seeks to grow northern business volumes

United Trust Bank is looking to support developers and brokers in the north of...

Enterprise secures new second charge permissions

Enterprise Finance has revealed that it has received confirmation from the Financial Conduct Authority...

Complete FS to hold 12th specialist lender expo

Specialist distributor Complete FS will host its annual Specialist Lender Expo at the Meon...

TFC teams up with Mortgageforce

TFC Homeloans has joined forces with Mortgageforce to enable its members to access specialist...

New ASTL executive committee lineup revealed

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has elected its new executive committee.   Five...

New short-term offering from Keystone

Keystone has launched a new short-term finance range. It offers a choice of bridging loans aimed...

Short-term deal saves sizeable legacy

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation has helped a client save a legacy as well as increasing...

Typical bridging loan sizes grew in June

The latest West One Loans Bridging Index has stated that annual gross bridging lending increased by...

Aldermore unveils free bridging valuations

Aldermore is offering free valuations on all bridging applications for a limited period. The...

TFC unveils introducer service

TFC Homeloans has launched a new Introducer Appointed Representative service. The referral-only service will...

Record month for bridging lender

Bridging lender Amicus says it had record performance figures for July. Completions totalled over £39m in...

Hope Capital hires new BDM

Hope Capital has appointed a new business development manager. Paul Gammond joins the bridging lender...

FCA to address ASTL conference

Lorna O’Brien, the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) technical specialist in its mortgage sector team in...

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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Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for...

LendInvest bolsters residential and BTL broker support with Glasgow team expansion

LendInvest has expanded its commercial support team with a particular focus on helping brokers...

Hackathons test property data sharing in homebuying push

Proptech firms have tested how property data can be shared across the home-moving process...

Foundation refreshes buy-to-let range with new products and rate cuts

Foundation has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range with new products and rate reductions across...

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