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Spring Finance acquires Masthaven Finance

Spring Finance's chief executive and owner, Andrew Bloom, has completed his acquisition of Masthaven...

HNW bridging lender appoints chief commercial officer

Tenn has appointed Chris Wright as chief commercial officer. As part of the appointment, Wright...

Belleveue Mortlakes joins BDLA

Belleveue Mortlakes Chartered Surveyors has become the latest associate member of the Bridging &...

Aspen provides foreign applicant with £2.8m bridge

Aspen Bridging has completed a complex £2,815,000 residential purchase deal. The loan was to a...

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) partners with Market Financial Solutions

Mortgage, protection and financial planning network, Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), has announced a new...

StreamBank hosts industry event at new Cardiff HQ

Short-term lender, StreamBank, welcomed brokers, solicitors, and industry professionals to a reception at its...

Arc & Co. closes £26m bridging loan

Specialist debt and equity advisory firm Arc & Co. has completed a £25.67m bridging...

Former LendInvest founder to expand his US bridging interests

Faes & Co., an investment firm led by former LendInvest founder Christian Faes, is...

Black & White Bridging expands relationship team with four strategic hires

Black & White Bridging has bolstered its relationship team with four key appointments. The latest...

HTB funds £7m portfolio purchase

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided a £7 million bridging loan to help fund...

Pivot boosts funding 50%

Development lender Pivot has arranged an increase of 50% in its lending capacity from...

KSEYE welcomes two new recruits to sales team

KSEYE has appointed two new experienced business development managers (BDMs) to its sales team. Bethan...

Lendco joins PMS lender panel

PMS Mortgage Club has added specialist buy-to-let and bridging lender Lendco to its panel. It...

UTB’s bridging rates now from 0.58% pcm

United Trust Bank Bridging has rate reductions across its range of regulated and unregulated...

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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