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Record month for bridger

City based bridging lender Capital Bridging Finance Limited (CBFL) has completed more business in...

Increased activity for bridging and commercial brokers

44% of the respondents to a recent broker survey have so far found 2013...

New associate member for ASTL

Silk Route Legal has joined the ASTL as an associate member. It brings the total...

West One Loans funds football academy expansion

West One Loans has arranged a short-term secured loan to support the development of...

Shawbrook improves commercial proposition

Shawbrook Bank has made a number of changes across its commercial mortgages product range. Changes...

Peer-to-peer lending outperforms AIM

Investments in peer-to-peer lending models have dramatically outpaced the alternative equity market, according to...

UTB offers New York prize promotion

United Trust Bank is taking a stand at the NACFB Commercial Expo on 26...

First bridging lender appears on Trigold

Fincorp has become the first bridging lender to be listed on the Avelo Trigold...

Omni Capital offers three-year term loan facility

Omni Capital has launched a three-year term product aimed at domestic and "globally-mobile" high...

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...

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...

Latest news

Skipton cuts fixed rates and widens home mover range

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

Quantum Mortgages promotes Mihramane and Ajaib

Quantum Mortgages has made two internal promotions across its sales and completions teams as...

Complex incomes hindering aspiring Scottish buyers

More than half of Scottish adults with complex incomes who do not own a...

MAB adds three senior hires across marketing, finance and technology

Mortgage Advice Bureau has strengthened its executive team with three senior appointments spanning marketing,...

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