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Roma Finance appoints data & technology director

Roma Finance has announced the appointment of Nathan Kenny to the position of data...

Tuscan Capital reveals turnaround and completion benefits from Fast Track

Tuscan Capital has outlined the benefits of its Fast Track process on the one-year...

Mint Property Finance makes bridging underwriter appointment

Mint Property Finance has welcomed Hannah Lamb to the business as a bridging underwriter. Joining...

Aspen completes 80% LTV refurb bridge

Aspen Bridging has completed its first case at the reintroduced 80% LTV on its...

Mint Property Finance makes senior BDM appointment

Mint Property Finance has expanded its sales team with the appointment of Simon Micklethwaite...

MFS secures £400m funding line

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has secured £400 million of new institutional funding. The new...

Paula Purdy joins United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Paula Purdy as head of sales for bridging...

Glenhawk launches further free valuation promotion

Glenhawk has revealed its latest free valuation promotion, aimed at reducing up-front funding costs...

MFS to freeze all bridging rates until end of July

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has committed to freezing its bridging rates despite the Bank...

Spring Finance completes £835k re-bridge in under two weeks

Spring Finance and Newable Commercial Finance have completed an £835,000 regulated re-bridge which completed...

Black & White Bridging funds church conversion

Specialist lender Black & White Bridging has provided an £880,000 facility to support the...

Kuflink sets £500m loan book target

Kuflink’s peer to peer (P2P) division is working closely with its short-term bridging operation...

Colenko appoints head of sales for bridging and development

Colenko has appointed Mark Marlow as head of sales for bridging and development. Marlow (pictured)...

Somo sees business boost from latest promotion

Somo Bridging has reported that last month was its best month ever for business....

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...

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The Market Harborough reaches £1m community funding milestone

Market Harborough Building Society said it has committed £1 million to community causes over...

Accord publishes broker guide on recognising economic abuse in mortgage cases

Accord has published a new guide for mortgage brokers on how to identify and...

CHL completes £5m portfolio refinance as lender navigates time-sensitive case

CHL Mortgages has completed a £5 million refinance across 10 buy-to-let properties in south...

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five...

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