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Blemain Group to relocate

Blemain Group is to move offices to ‘Lake View’ Cheadle Royal Business Park on...

Two key hires for Alternative Bridging Corporation

Alternative Bridging Corporation (ABC) has appointed two new members of staff. Mike Jones has been...

Connect Group targets new areas with appointments

The Connect Group has launched a new buy-to-let and bridging service aimed exclusively at...

Precise Mortgages added to TMP panel

Precise Mortgages has joined The Mortgage Partnership’s lender panel. It is now offering access...

Precise claims its borrower saved £103k

Precise Mortgage has completed on a bridging loan for £5.9 million and subsequently claims...

New funding lines for Tiuta

Bridging lender Tiuta says it has secured several new funding lines. It says this...

Brightstar partners with Positive Solutions

Positive Solutions has appointed Brightstar Financial as partner of choice for its IFA Partners. ...

Bridging market worth over £1bn

The value of the bridging loan industry has broken the £1 billion barrier for...

Brokers still missing out on alternative revenue streams

Y3S has expressed concern that many mortgage brokers are missing out on lucrative earning...

Precise and NACFB partner over transparency

Precise Mortgages has partnered with the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) in...

West One Loans funds takeover of Knightsbridge pub

West One Loans has completed a £1.6m deal on a pub in Knightsbridge. The...

Borro sees large leap in property related loan apps

Borro has reported a 661% rise in property related loan applications from customers over...

Connaught Asset Management suspends another fund

Connaught Asset Management has "temporarily" suspended its Connaught Income Fund Series 2. This follows its...

Precise in bridging arrangement with seven distributors

Precise Mortgages has become the preferred bridging lender for seven mortgage distributors. The septet consists...

COMMENT

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Brilliant racks up a memorable afternoon for charity

Brilliant Solutions was on cue at Rileys as 70 players and several late arrivals...

Rayner rules out rent controls

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has ruled out rent controls in England, providing greater certainty...

Mortgage Brain adds Uinsure home insurance quotes to CRM platform

Mortgage Brain has integrated Uinsure with CRM Brain, allowing brokers to arrange buildings and...

Nationwide and Accord the latest to increase rates

Mortgage borrowers have been urged to review their options after Nationwide and Accord increased...

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