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Bridgebank appoints RBDM

Stuart Williams has joined Bridgebank Capital as its new regional business development manager for...

Precise unveils ‘bridge to let’ product

Precise Mortgages has combined its bridging products with its traditional buy-to-let products to create...

Fincorp introduces light refurb bridge

Bridging lender Fincorp is now offering a light refurbishment bridging loan. The product is...

Bridgebank Capital unveils new broker awards

Bridgebank Capital is launching its new ‘Broker of the Month’ and ‘Deal of the...

Another new member for the ASTL

Dancastle Finance is the latest bridging lender to join the ASTL. This brings the...

Montello heads unveil peer-to-peer loan platform

Christian Faes and Ian Thomas, two of the principals from Montello Capital Partners, have...

Bridgebank appoints BDM for the home counties

Bridgebank Capital has appointed Adam Powell to its national business development team. He is tasked...

Bridgebank appoints BDM for North West

Bridgebank Capital has appointed Jim Baker to its business development team. Baker has over...

New face at Capital Bridging Finance

Capital Bridging Finance has expanded its administrative team with the appointment of a new...

Brokers finding it easier to place development finance cases

41% of brokers operating in the development finance sector believe that it has become...

British Grand Prix tickets up for grabs

Specialist lending packager and distributor Positive Lending is offering the chance to win one...

Large rise in introduced business for borro

Borro has revealed that it now has over 2,000 intermediaries signed up to its...

Slow but steady growth for short-term market

The ASTL, the trade body for short term lenders, has published the bridging and...

Record levels of bridging finance

Short-term business finance secured against real estate valued at a new record of £360m...

COMMENT

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...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Latest news

The Cambridge relaunches interest-only fixed rate mortgages

The Cambridge has relaunched a selection of fixed rate mortgage products, including interest-only options...

Vernon BS adds free legals to selected remortgage deals

Vernon Building Society has partnered with Optimus to introduce a free legals service on...

Paragon launches tailored buy-to-let service for complex cases

Paragon Bank has launched a Tailored service to support buy-to-let mortgage applications that fall...

Castle Trust Bank adds AVMs to buy-to-let applications

Castle Trust Bank has introduced automated valuation models on eligible buy-to-let cases as part...

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