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New identity for ASTL

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) is rebranding to become the Bridging &...

HREF recruits new senior BDM

Specialist real estate lender Hilco Real Estate Finance UK (HREF) has appointed Steve Allen...

Somo celebrates 10th anniversary with Euro 24 campaign

Somo Bridging is marking its 10-year anniversary this summer with a Euro-themed campaign. #WeAre10 will...

Brickflow partners with Together

Brickflow, a marketplace for commercial property finance, has announced a key partnership with Together,...

MFS widens title insurance coverage to £3m

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) is opening up the use of title insurance across its...

Colenko launches free valuations and legals promotion

Colenko has launched its Euro Fever promotion, which includes a Euro-themed perk for brokers. The...

Black & White Bridging expands relationship team

Black & White Bridging has appointed Greg Applewhaite as its relationship manager for the...

Paragon Bank launches refurb-to-let offering

Paragon Bank has launched a new refurb-to-let proposition for landlords seeking funds to upgrade...

Hilco Real Estate Finance joins ASTL

Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has become the latest lender member to join the...

JMT Finance completes rapid exit facility

JMT Finance, the commercial property lender, has completed an exit facility for a project...

MFS cuts rates and unveils Bridge Fusion

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has launched a new ‘Bridge Fusion’ product, a hybrid of...

MBE London and FIBA Summit programmes published

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has issued the programme for this year’s MBE London event. The...

HREF provides £5.4m North West office development loan

Specialist bridging lender Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has completed a £5.4m loan secured...

Bridging loan books reach £8bn

The value of bridging loan books reached another record high in the first three...

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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