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Hope Capital cuts rates after best ever quarter

Hope Capital has revealed that Q3 was its most successful quarter to date since...

JMW Solicitors joins ASTL

JMW Solicitors has become the latest organisation to join the Association of Short Term...

Octane Capital promotes credit team quartet

Octane Capital has announced the promotion of four members of its credit team. Rick Hollingsworth,...

Somo’s Black Friday campaign reduces valuation costs by 90%

Somo Bridging has provided details of its Black Friday 2023 event, which gives borrowers...

Gateway Surveyors reappointed as Fleet Mortgages’ panel manager

Gateway Surveyors has been reappointed as the panel manager for Fleet Mortgages, following its...

Suros Capital uses past valuation for fast follow-on loan

Suros Capital, the luxury asset-backed short-term lender, has completed a follow on loan of...

Kuflink joins Dynamo for Intermediaries panel

Kuflink has become the latest lender to join Dynamo for Intermediaries’ lender panel. All...

MT Finance Group secures additional £500m funding

MT Finance Group has completed additional financing through J.P. Morgan to expand its lending...

Clever Lending completes regulated bridging loan in Scotland

Clever Lending has packaged a £180,800 regulated bridging facility for a residential property purchase...

MHBS unveils fixed rate bridging deals

Specialist lender Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has introduced a series of new products...

Suros Capital reports major rise in business enquiries

Suros Capital has reported a 40% rise in enquiries this year about business purposes...

United Trust Bank appoints bridging BDM

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Gary Lomax as business development manager in its...

Signature makes appointment covering the North and North West

Signature Property Finance has announced the appointment of Paul Ratcliffe as relationship manager for...

StreamBank joins Loans Warehouse panel

StreamBank has joined Loans Warehouse's panel of bridging lenders. StreamBank specialises in both Rrgulated anduUnregulated...

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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