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Alternative Bridging makes BDM appointment

Alternative Bridging Corporation has promoted Mike Halsey to the role of business development manager...

Hope Capital publishes its first ESG report

Hope Capital has published an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report. The report provides a...

LendInvest unveils new mortgages business division

LendInvest has created a new business division to serve its residential, buy-to-let and bridging...

Castle Trust Bank ups title insurance limit

Castle Trust Bank has increased the maximum loan size on which it can use...

21Finance launches specialist packager service

21Finance has unveiled a packager service dedicated to the broker market concentrating on whole...

Providing alternatives to bridging for property professionals

The short-term lending market today is a well-established and professional sector and bridging products...

UTB reduces regulated and unregulated bridging rates

United Trust Bank (UTB) has reduced pricing on its range of regulated and unregulated...

MFS joins Dynamo for Intermediaries’ lender panel

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has been added to Dynamo for Intermediaries’ lender panel. ...

Somo appoints new relationship director

Short-term lender Somo Bridging has appointed Andrew Marsland as its new relationship director for...

Roma Finance secures new funding facility with Cambridge BS

Roma Finance has announced a new £120m lending facility with the Cambridge Building Society. The...

The Loans Engine partners with four lenders

The Loans Engine has announced new partnerships with four lenders. The quartet are Octopus Real...

Catalyst appoints new credit team support officer

Catalyst, the short term property finance lender, has announced the appointment of Ellie Hadden...

Mercantile Trust introduces fixed rate option for bridging loans

Mercantile Trust has launched a new fixed rate bridging finance option. Loans are available...

Norton Broker Services unveils partnership with new short-term lender

Norton Broker Services has been appointed to the panel of StreamBank, assisting the new...

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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