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Bridging brokers have high expectations for the year

68% of brokers operating in the bridging sector expect to complete more bridging loan...

Best six months for Dragonfly

Dragonfly Property Finance has reported its best six months to date, seeing it break...

Blemain Group develops broker portal

Blemain Group has further developed its broker portal, My Broker Venue. The automated...

New associate member for the ASTL

Law firm Moore Blatch has joined the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) as...

FSE London registration open

Registration is open for Front Events' third London Financial Services Expo. The two-day show, to be...

Precise restructures sales team

Precise Mortgages has restructured its sales team in advance of the implementation of the Mortgage...

Connect Mortgage Club adopts Twenty7Tec sourcing platform

Connect Mortgage Club has selected the Twenty7Tec's combined mortgage, secured loan and bridging sourcing system as...

Bridging finance demand continues to grow

The second quarter of 2015 saw UK bridging lending activity increase, as uncertainty over...

United Trust Bank joins the FLA

United Trust Bank has become a member of the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA). ...

Titlesolv joins ASTL

Titlesolv, which offers title insurance in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, has joined...

New MD for APAC Systems

Peter Heigho has become managing director of specialist financial technology business APAC Systems. He has 25 years’...

Vince Cable to speak at ASTL annual conference

Vince Cable, the former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and MP...

Y3S hires HR manager

Cardiff-based loan brokerage Y3S has appointed Laura Strange to the role of group human resources...

Rise in use of bridging during probate

Bridging Finance Solutions has reported an increase in probate sellers looking to bridging to...

COMMENT

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...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

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Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost?...

MIMHC makes final call as charity lunch nears capacity

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has made a final call for industry...

Virgin Money to move eligible product transfers to Nationwide from October

Virgin Money is changing its residential product transfer process, with some customers whose deals...

Skipton cuts fixed rates and widens home mover range

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across its fixed mortgage range by an average...

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