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Hilco makes senior bridging appointment

Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has appointed Duncan Pearson as senior business development consultant. ...

LendInvest Mortgages increases regulated bridging LTV

LendInvest Mortgages has announced an LTV update to its regulated bridging product. The lender is...

KSEYE doubles its maximum loan size

Bridging loan provider, KSEYE, has doubled its maximum loan size. Following an increased volume of...

MFS secures extended funding lines

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has renewed and increased the size of a series of...

LHV Bank completes £750k care home bridge

LHV Bank has provided a loan of £750,000 for the acquisition and refurbishment of...

Gosai returns to Brilliant Solutions

Brilliant Solutions has announced the appointment of Sonny Gosai as bridging & commercial director....

HTB welcomes bridging quartet

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has added four new recruits joining tp its bridging team. Nathan...

Three new faces at London Credit

London Credit has bolstered its team with three appointments. Jake McCausland has joined to lead...

Inspired Lending moves into Scottish market

Inspired Lending has announced that it is now lending in Scotland. The bridging finance...

Alternative Bridging Corporation appoints new case manager

Alternative Bridging Corporation has appointed Sirui Liao as a new case manager. Sirui Liao joins...

KSEYE completes £14m dev exit loan

KSEYE has completed a £14.25m development exit loan at 75% LTV. The loan, introduced by...

Shawbrook provides £263k bridge in four days

Shawbrook has delivered a £263,000 bridging loan to experienced customer in four days. Milliard Homes,...

Norton Broker Services completes £1.55m bridge

Norton Broker Services has recently secured a bridging loan worth £1,559,000 with Funding 365...

Hope Capital unveils new ‘finish & exit’ proposition

Hope Capital has made major changes to its residential finish & exit offering, which...

COMMENT

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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Brokers report rising caution among borrowers as remortgaging picks up

Mortgage brokers are seeing more remortgage activity, but say geopolitical uncertainty, cost of living...

Coadjute joins FCA AI testing programme as conveyancers face tougher AML regime

Coadjute has joined the Financial Conduct Authority’s AI Live Testing programme as conveyancing firms...

Morrow hire to lead intermediary growth strategy

Morrow has appointed Amit Gupta as financial services director as it looks to expand...

Russell Quirk calls out broken transaction system

UK mortgage and property professionals have been urged to rethink the homebuying process after Russell...

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