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MBE North speakers and panellists revealed

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has revealed its lineup of speakers and panellists for its...

Hope Capital creates new underwriting role

Hope Capital has announced it has added a new role to its underwriting department...

Magnet Capital joins ASTL

Magnet Capital has become the latest lender member to join the Association of Short...

Alternative Bridging welcomes back underwriter

Alternative Bridging Corporation has bolstered its underwriting team with the recruitment of Leigh Harwood,...

Aspen Bridging reaches lending milestone

Aspen Bridging has achieved £500m in total lending from when the business was founded...

Strong end to 2023 for bridging loan market

Latest data from the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has revealed that bridging...

Pritchard promoted as Glenhawk overhauls offering

Glenhawk has revamped its unregulated and regulated product range, including reducing rates. In addition, Jamie...

Signature Property Finance reports record year

Signature Property Finance has delivered another record year as origination for 2023 hit £81.8m,...

Funding 365 reintroduces stepped rate bridging

Funding 365 is relaunching its Stepped Rate Bridge product with interest starting at 0.49%...

West One Loans hits short-term completions record

West One Loans’ short-term lending divisions achieved record completions of more than £1bn in...

Castle Trust Bank unveils new Bridge the Gap deal

Castle Trust Bank has introduced a new ‘Bridge the Gap’ product to offer a...

Bridging Trends contributors report record 12 months

A record £831 million of bridging loans was transacted by Bridging Trends contributors in...

Hope Capital appoints new head of sales

Hope Capital has appointed Kim Parker as head of sales. Parker (pictured) joined the specialist...

Record year for Truffle’s bridging operation

Truffle Specialist Finance has revealed that 2023 was a record year for its bridging...

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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