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Clever Lending packages complex auction purchase and renovation

Clever Lending has recently packaged a £146,900 regulated bridging facility for a broker’s client...

Somo joins finova lending panel

Specialist lending firm, Somo, has joined the lending panel of finova. Somo has become one...

Aspen reintroduces 80% LTV and raises Bridge to Let loan size

Aspen Bridging has launched its Summer 2023 Rates & Product Card with rates lowered...

Gavin Diamond to leave Spring Finance this week

Spring Finance has confirmed that its CEO, Gavin Diamond, is to leave the business. His...

Catalyst appoints marketing executive

Catalyst, the short-term property finance lender, has announced the appointment of Kate Haas as...

MFS hails its diversity as it expands beyond 100 employees

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has marked its team growing to over 100 employees by...

Alternative Bridging Corporation bolsters London sales team

Alternative Bridging Corporation has added its its sales team for London & South East,...

Two new appointments for Clever Lending

Clever Lending, the specialist finance packager and master broker, has announced the appointment of...

CPSP qualification officially launches for bridging industry

The Certified Practitioner in Specialist Property Finance (CPSP) has now launched, following a joint...

Mortgage Brain partners with Propp

Mortgage Brain has partnered with Propp to support brokers with specialist finance referrals following...

Signature agrees funding with Hampshire Trust Bank

Signature Property Finance has agreed additional funding with Hampshire Trust Bank, following its best...

Black & White Bridging hires new relationship manager

Black & White Bridging has appointed David McCarthy as its new relationship manager. He has...

Bridging loan transactions reach all-time high

Bridging Trends contributors transacted a record-breaking £278.8 million in bridging loans during the first...

Roma Finance creates mental health first aid team

Roma Finance has announced the development of its mental health first aid team. Mental health...
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Opinions & blogs

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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First-time buyers turning to side hustles to bridge deposit gap

Almost half of aspiring first-time buyers are using secondary income streams to help fund...
criteria

Vida cuts residential rates and loosens criteria for self-employed and contractor borrowers

Vida has reduced selected residential mortgage rates by up to 106 basis points and...
Protection

Iress adds AI underwriting tool to The Exchange in protection push

Iress has struck a deal with The Interesting Life Company to offer an AI-powered...
Compliance

Property firms still relying on manual checks as AI fraud risk grows

More than half of identity verification checks in UK finance and property businesses are...

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