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Bridging lender achieves HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter for sixth year

Hope Capital has restated its commitment to HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter for...

StreamBank joins ASTL

StreamBank has become the latest lender member of the Association of Short-Term Lenders (ASTL). ...

Precise Mortgages rebrands to Precise

Precise Mortgages has unveiled a new brand image with an updated identity: Precise. New broker...

Glenhawk cuts unregulated valuation and legal fees

Glenhawk has launched a new promotion to offer borrowers free legal and valuation fees. ...

Spring Finance makes bridging and mortgage team appointments

Spring Finance has made a number of hires following a record-breaking month of lending...

Aspen Bridging makes two sales appointments

Aspen Bridging has announced the expansion of its sales team with two new appointments. Ian...

KSEYE appoints new BDM for South England & South Wales

KSEYE has promoted Nathan Thorne to the role of business development manager (BDM) for...

London Credit extends scope of Best 4 U campaign

London Credit has extended its Best 4 U promotion to commercial and semi-commercial loans. ...

The Loans Engine joins Paradigm’s referral partner panel

Paradigm has added specialist finance broker, The Loans Engine, to its referral partner panel. ...

Key promotions at Aspen Bridging

Aspen Bridging has made a series of promotions across its risk, underwriting and credit...

UTB posts £87.5m operating profit for 2023

United Trust Bank (UTB) has published its Annual Report & Accounts for the year...

London Credit promotion lets brokers structure their loan solution

London Credit has launched its Best 4 U promotion that lets brokers choose the...

Reasons to be positive

The first two months of 2024 have certainly been more positive for the market...

Bridging Finance Solutions boosts BDM team

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has added short term finance specialist, Andy Morgan, to its...

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...

Latest news

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates on selected new business deals

The Mortgage Works is cutting selected buy-to-let and let-to-buy rates by up to 0.20...

Primis promotes three in push to expand recruitment and regional broker support

Primis has promoted three senior executives as it seeks to recruit more adviser firms...

Santander cuts higher LTV rates for first-time buyers and home movers

Santander is cutting selected fixed mortgage rates across its first-time buyer, home mover and...

Virgin Money cuts fixed rates and raises selected tracker pricing

Virgin Money is reducing fixed mortgage rates across purchase, remortgage and selected buy-to-let product...

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