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Planning and development changes offer new year opportunities

The end of the year is not only a time for reflection, but for...

Black & White Bridging joins ASTL

Black & White Bridging has become the latest member to join the Association of...

MFS joins TMA’s lender panel

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has been added to TMA’s lender panel. TMA Club’s directly...

Aspen completes on two high-end London property deals

Aspen has completed bridging loans totalling £6,120,000 on two high-end London properties in the...

Brokers more confident about coming year than 12 months ago

Crystal Specialist Finance has revealed how intermediaries view the market in 2024 and what...

Express yourself

Bridging finance has many attractions, but the one which is almost always relevant to...

Clever Lending’s Matthew Dilks wins UTB award

Clever Lending has announced that Matthew Dilks one of its commercial and bridging specialists,...

UTB ups maximum bridging loan LTV

United Trust Bank (UTB) has increased its maximum LTV for first charge Standard bridging...

Alternative Bridging unveils term loan with no ERC

Alternative Bridging Corporation has relaunched its Term Loan, which now features no Early Repayment...

Somo launches #SomoComfort&Joy Christmas campaign

Somo Bridging is delivering a festive campaign of presents and a luxury Michelin starred...

HTB provides complex £12.5m bridge for refinancing

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided a £12.5 million bridging loan deal for a...

Alternative Bridging promotes Daniel Smith

Alternative Bridging Corporation has announced the promotion of Daniel Smith to role of business...

Hope Capital secures new funding line with Shawbrook Bank

Hope Capital has secured a new funding facility delivering up to £25m from Shawbrook...

Funding 365 launches rates from 0.74%

Funding 365 has revamped its product range following the announcement last week that it...

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

SortRefer marks 17 years with record month for instructions and completions

SortRefer has marked its 17th anniversary after reporting its strongest monthly performance to date...

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...

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