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Catalyst appoints new servicing manager

Catalyst, the short-term property finance lender, has announced the appointment of Sophie Rose as...

Castle Trust Bank launches heavy refurbishment bridge with drawdowns

Castle Trust Bank has launched a new heavy refurbishment bridging product, featuring a drawdown...

Clever Lending completes second charge bridge in three days

Clever Lending, the specialist finance packager and master broker, has completed a £24,000 second...

Roma Finance bolsters underwriting team

Roma Finance has expanded its underwriting team following continuing demand for its bridging and...

Aspen completes three 80% LTV cases in a week

Short-term lender Aspen has completed three 80% LTV deals in seven days for a...

MFS appoints General Counsel

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has appointed Ryan Magee as its new General Counsel. ...

HTB completes £3.6m BTL/bridging finance package

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed on a £3.6m finance package following an introduction...

HTB promotes Lorenzo Satchell to new role

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Lorenzo Satchell as sales director...

Alternative Bridging unveils video highlighting service proposition

Specialist lender, Alternative Bridging Corporation, has launched a new video introducing its senior sales...

Saxon Trust secures new £35m funding line

Saxon Trust has significantly expanded its funding capability with a new £35m funding facility...

BFS invests £2m into expansion of headquarters

Bridging Finance Solutions has committed to invest over £2 million into the expansion of...

Tuscan Capital appoints sales director

Tuscan Capital has announced the appointment of Jaxon Stevens as its new sales director. Reporting...

Legal & General Mortgage Club adds MFS to lender panel

Members of Legal & General Mortgage Club now have access to Market Financial Solutions’...

Clever Lending packages regulated holiday let development bridge

Clever Lending has packaged a £180,000 regulated bridging facility for a broker’s clients who...

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

Mortgage industry bodies launch new ED&I survey

AMI and IMLA have launched a new industry-wide survey aimed at measuring progress on...

Landbay turns to broker education as Renters’ Rights Act reforms approach

Landbay is set to host a broker-focused webinar examining the implications of the Renters’...

Fleet cuts five-year buy-to-let fixes and widens 75% LTV options

Fleet Mortgages has cut pricing on selected five-year fixed buy-to-let products and expanded its...

HSBC UK cuts mortgage rates by up to 25bps across residential and buy-to-let range

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across parts of its residential and buy-to-let range,...

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