Specialist

New brand identity for Y3S Group

Cardiff-based specialist finance group Y3S has unveiled its latest brand identity,overhauling it for the first time...

West One Loans reveals 2015 gross lending

West One Loans has reported that it completed £392m of gross lending in 2015. ...

Alpha Bridging joins the ASTL

Specialist bridging lender Alpha Bridging has joined the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL). Alpha...

Bridging lender completes £3m deal in four days

Century Capital has announced the completion of a £3m first charge loan to an...

Positive extends free bridging valuation offer

Positive Lending is extending its offer to provide a free upfront valuation on Precise...

Colin Bell joins Hampshire Trust to spearhead commercial launch

Colin Bell has become managing director of commercial mortgages at Hampshire Trust Bank. He has...

Bridging loan returns trumping wine and art

Research from West One Loans has indicated that bridging loans have provided investors higher...

Masthaven completes £4m regulated bridge in 4 days

Masthaven Finance has announced the completion of a £4.2m regulated bridging loan for Savills...

Roma Finance lowers rates

Roma Finance has unveiled an updated product range. The Manchester-based bridging finance and development lender plans...

Y3S expands office space

Y3S Group, the Cardiff-based specialist mortgage and loan packager, has agreed terms and received...

Bridging volumes easily outstripping housing budget

The latest West One Loans Bridging Index has reported that the volume of annual...

Together appoints general counsel

Nigel Dale is to join Together as its general counsel. He is currently a banking...

Together appoints group valuations manager

Andrew Murdoch has joined specialist lender Together as group valuations manager, following 12 years with...

Amicus reveals plans for 2016

Short-term lender Amicus is planning lending "well in excess" of £400m in 2016. Keith Aldridge, the lender's...

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...

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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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