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Hope Capital targets refurb market with high-LTV bridging product

Hope Capital has launched a new bridging loan product offering 75% net initial advance. It...

Aspen Bridging appoints new BDM for Midlands and North

Aspen Bridging has strengthened its sales team with the appointment of Kevin Beale as...

Roma Finance launches AI-powered DeskVal to speed up lending decisions

Roma Finance has unveiled DeskVal, an AI-powered valuation tool designed to deliver faster and...

Precise marks first anniversary of broker app

Precise, part of the OSB Group, is celebrating the first anniversary of its broker...

Together hires corporate sales director for London & SE

Together has strengthened its corporate finance team with the appointment of experienced financial services...

Redwood Bank expands HMO lending criteria

Landlords in the South of England are set to benefit from enhanced borrowing opportunities...

VPN loopholes could let fraudsters slip through mortgage checks

The UK’s new Online Safety Act has triggered a boom in VPN usage that...

RAW Capital Partners strengthens sales team with two promotions

RAW Capital Partners has promoted two members of its Guernsey-based sales team in recognition...

Brightstar confirms return of Specialist Lending Expo for 2025

The Brightstar Group has announced that its Specialist Lending Expo will return on Thursday...

KSEYE reaches £1bn lending milestone

Specialist lender KSEYE has passed the £1bn mark in total lending, crediting strong broker...

Suffolk Building Society introduces higher income multiples for renters

Suffolk Building Society has increased its maximum income multiple to 5.49 for applicants with...

StreamBank backs £584,500 London commercial refurbishment

StreamBank has completed a £584,500 bridging loan to refinance a London warehouse and fund...

Foundation Home Loans adds larger loans and 80% LTV options to Specials range

Foundation Home Loans has overhauled its buy-to-let Specials range, raising loan limits, introducing new...

RAW Capital Partners refinances London property to help borrower exit receivership

RAW Capital Partners has completed a buy-to-let mortgage for an international client to enable...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

Latest news

Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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