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London Credit slashes commercial and semi-commercial rates

London Credit has reduced interest rates on its semi-commercial and commercial bridging products by...

Specialist Finance Academy reopens with new industry partnership

The Specialist Finance Academy (SFA), founded by broker and business owner Kim McGinley, has...

Word On The Street appoints new partner

Specialist finance broker Word On The Street has strengthened its leadership team with the...

Recognise Bank provides breathing space with £1.79m bridging loan

Recognise Bank has completed a £1.795 million bridging loan for a long-standing Lincolnshire-based development...

The Mansfield doubles maximum loan sizes

Mansfield Building Society has doubled its maximum loan sizes across both buy-to-let and residential...

West One launches commercial mortgage market pilot

Specialist lender West One has announced its entry into the commercial mortgage market. The new...

Zephyr trims rates on two and five-year buy-to-let deals

Zephyr Homeloans has announced a series of rate reductions across its buy-to-let mortgage range,...

Hope Capital doubles Shawbrook facility after record growth period

Hope Capital has secured an enhanced funding facility with Shawbrook Bank, marking the latest...

Investors turn to refurbishment finance as funding becomes cheaper

Property investors are increasingly turning to refurbishment finance to accelerate renovation projects and mitigate...

Vida enhances affordability criteria and launches new BTL range

Vida Homeloans has introduced a significant overhaul to its residential affordability assessments. The change is...

Q&A: Andrea Glasgow, Hampshire Trust Bank

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Andrea Glasgow, sales director, specialist mortgages & bridging,...

UTB cuts bridging rates and eases criteria in broker-driven overhaul

United Trust Bank (UTB) has unveiled a series of rate reductions and criteria enhancements...

LendInvest hires chief commercial officer

LendInvest Mortgages has named John Eastgate as its new chief commercial officer. Eastgate (pictured) joins...

London Credit cuts bridging loan rates

London Credit has announced a series of rate reductions across its bridging loan products,...

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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