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Brightstar teams up with Precise

Brightstar Financial’s latest 'Lender Day' with Precise Mortgages resulted with nearly £5 million of...

Bridgebank Capital appoints marketing head

Bridgebank Capital has announced the appointment of Claire Pender as its new head of...

Hope Capital completes its largest bridging loan

Hope Capital has completed its largest bridging deal to date. Working closely with Chris Dailly...

Major investment for Bridgebank Capital

Bridgebank Capital has secured a substantial new line of funding of potentially up to...

United Trust Bank launches New York broker promotion

United Trust Bank welcomed over 90 brokers and other guests to a...

Alternative business finance outstripping mainstream commercial lending

Business loans by alternative lenders have significantly outpaced mainstream commercial finance over the past...

Dragonfly appoints BDM

Dragonfly Property Finance, has hired Justin Cooper as a business development manager (BDM). Cooper has...

Positive Lending and Precise offer valuation fee refund

Precise Mortgages has launched an exclusive product with Positive Lending offering a refund...

Hope Capital to offer 1.5% proc fee

Hope Capital will offer a 1.5% procuration fee to all brokers on bridging cases...

Brightstar helps Precise complete largest bridging loan

Precise Mortgages and Brightstar Financial have joined forces to complete their largest bridging...

AToM to hold Brighton seminar

AToM (All Types of Mortgages Ltd) has published details of the lenders who are...

Buy-to-let investors target alternative finance

Buy-to-let investments are the most popular use for alternative lending, according to a...

Dragonfly creates buzz with Hornet hire

Dragonfly Property Finance has appointed a new credit manager. Peter Hornet joins the short-term...

Another funder joins the ASTL

Hope Capital Ltd has become the newest member of the Association of Short Term...

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

PMS reports double-digit growth in mortgages and protection

PMS Mortgage Club says it is on course for its strongest performance in five...

Property firms urged to engage early with digital home-moving reforms

Property professionals have been urged to start testing digital home-moving processes now rather than...

DPMSG launches consumer guide to Smart Property Data

The Digital Property Market Steering Group has launched a consumer-focused video explaining how Smart...

Together joins Equity Release Council as later life market broadens

Together has become a member of the Equity Release Council as the specialist lender...

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