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The Suffolk cuts expat mortgage rates amid rising demand

Suffolk Building Society has cut rates across its expat mortgage range, with reductions of...

Aspen completes £1.57m fast-track deal for repeat investor

Aspen Bridging has completed a £1,575,000 no-valuation bridge in under two weeks for a...

The Beverley joins TMA Mortgage Club panel

Beverley Building Society has joined the lender panel of TMA Mortgage Club. The partnership brings...

SDKA completes £1m complex bridge for family-run car business

A family business in West Sussex has secured its future growth with the help...

OSB sees profit slide despite loan growth and new platform launch

OneSavings Bank (OSB Group) reported a fall in profits for the first half of...

Landbay unveils new free valuation options and cuts rates on two-year fixes

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has expanded its Summer Special range with the launch of four...

Word On The Street appoints first broker

Word On The Street, the specialist property finance brokerage, has appointed Ben Hartley as...

Pepper Money eases bank statement rules to lighten broker workload

Specialist lender Pepper Money has reduced its standard bank statement requirements for both employed...

Arc & Co. secures £16.4m loan for Fareham premium care home development

Specialist debt and equity advisory firm Arc & Co. has completed a £16.4 million...

Emily Carr to lead diaspora mortgage initiative at Afin Bank

Afin Bank has appointed Emily Carr as mortgage advisor to head up its new...

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...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

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...

Latest news

ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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