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Precise Mortgages’ commission boost from Positive Lending

Positive Lending is to pay introducers 1.50% for all completed Precise Mortgages' bridging business...

West One Loans appoints BDM

West One Loans has has appointed Keir Morris as a business development manager (BDM). He...

Precise added to Paradigm bridging panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has expanded its bridging lender panel following the addition of Precise...

New hire for United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank has appointed Bradley Illman to its case management team. He is...

The ASTL must drive the bridging industry forward

We need an active and dynamic trade association, writes Steven Nicholas, chief executive of...

UTB announces iPad winner

United Trust Bank has revealed the winner of its latest broker survey prize draw. Bryan...

New chief executive for the ASTL

Benson Hersch has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of the Association...

New funding for Tiuta

Tiuta says it has secured a major new funding arrangement. This follows the news that...

UTB sales manager goes the extra (four) miles for charity

Gerard Morgan Jackson, sales manager at United Trust Bank, has completed a 64-mile London...

West One reveals Vegas competition winners

West One Loans has announced the winners of its competition for 10 brokers to...

Dragonfly to offer regulated loans

Dragonfly Property Finance has received FSA approval and will accept regulated business from 1...

Tiuta unveils new bridging products

Tiuta PLC has announced the launch of a new product range after it secured...

First Complete and Intrinsic ‘prefer’ Precise Mortgages

Two more networks have made Precise Mortgages their 'preferred' bridging lender. This brings the total...

Blemain Group to relocate

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

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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