Specialist

Black & White Bridging appoints lending manager

Black & White Bridging has appointed Najma Hashime as its new lending manager. Hashime (pictured)...

Norton Broker Services arranges £244k mid-conversion bridge

Norton Broker Services has completed a complex bridging loan valued at £244,000 to assist...

Jamie Jolly quits HTB bridging role

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced that Jamie Jolly has decided to step down...

London Credit launches development finance pilot

London Credit has introduced a pilot of its development finance offering up to 70%...

Alternative Bridging appoints internal BDM

Alternative Bridging Corporation has announced the promotion of Zack Cohen to the role of...

MT Finance makes board appointment

MT Finance has announced the appointment of Marylen Edwards to the board of directors....

The Brightstar Group launches Specialist Lending Expo

The Brightstar Group has announced The Specialist Lending Expo, which it claims will assemble...

Fiduciam expands funding with additional £100m facility

Fiduciam has secured £100 million of new funding to be deployed over the next...

Inspired Lending provides loan facility for residential development scheme application

Inspired Lending has completed a £934,000 loan facility to refinance a tenanted residential investment...

Hope Capital breaks £40k charity milestone

Hope Capital has announced it has raised over £40,000 for various charities. Having worked with...

Assetz Capital secures additional funding line for Northern Ireland

Assetz Capital has announced a new funding line exclusively for Northern Ireland to focus...

HREF completes £5.3m bridge for Manchester developer

Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has completed a £5.3m bridging loan to Manchester-based property...

MT Finance Group secures £275m forward flow agreement

MT Finance Group has completed a £275 million multi-year funding deal with funds affiliated...

Tuscan Capital revamps offering

Tuscan Capital has expanded its product and service proposition. This follows the lender's...

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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