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Signature reaches £400m lending milestone

Signature Property Finance has provided £400 million in short-term property loans since its first...

MFS launches CPD training courses

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) is now a certified CPD member and can help brokers...

Rockstead joins BDLA

Rockstead has become an associate member of the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA). ...

Hope Capital rolls out e-learning academy

Hope Capital has unveiled an e-learning platform for its team, providing online modules, interactive...

Mortimer Street Capital completes £1.4m deal via dual bridging facility

Mortimer Street Capital has arranged a £1.4m care home purchase in Kent with funding...

Aspen competes £1.13m dev exit loan

Aspen Bridging has provided a borrower with a £1,130,000 development exit loan in just...

HREF provides £4.5m development exit loan for Dorset properties

Bridging lender Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has completed a development exit loan of...

Alternative Bridging Corporation secures new warehouse line

Alternative Bridging Corporation (ABC) has agreed a new funding relationship of up to £200m...

HTB creates new business development executive role

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has introduced a new business development executive (BDE) role within...

Castle Trust Bank introduces rate cuts

Castle Trust Bank has reduced rates across its range, including Heavy Refurbishment with Drawdowns,...

HTB unveils dual representation for bridging

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has introduced dual representation for bridging cases and expanded its...

MHBS cuts bridging finance rates

Market Harborough Building Society has lowered its bridging rates by up to two basis...

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) partners with Loans Warehouse

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has announced a new partnership with Loans Warehouse. The arrangement will...

Hope Capital provides £14m funding for three deals

Hope Capital has completed three cases for a repeat borrower totalling £14m. Working with Chris...

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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