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Precise Mortgages expands heavy refurbishment bridging criteria

Precise Mortgages has broadened its scope for heavy refurbishment cases as well as unveiling...

Roma Finance reveals redemptions record

Roma Finance has reported a record month of redemptions for volume and value in...

Somo offers ‘One Month Interest Free’ deal during February

Specialist lending firm Somo Bridging has launched its ‘One Month Interest Free’ deal for...

MFS unveils valuation fee refund initiative

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) is to provide a full refund on valuation fees for...

London Credit extends valuation fee promotion

London Credit has extended its promotion to refund 100% of the valuation fee on...

Paradigm bolsters bridging finance lender panel

Paradigm has added residential and commercial bridging loan provider TAB to its lender panel. ...

New specialist real estate advisory business launches

Mortimer Street Capital has launched as a specialist real estate advisory business providing clients...

Suros Capital sees enquiry growth for tax bills

Suros Capital has revealed an increase in applications for urgent funding to pay tax...

Shawbrook cuts rates across its real estate product offering

Shawbrook has announced a wide range of rate reductions across its real estate product...

LendInvest Mortgages launches new bridge products

LendInvest Mortgages has launched two new 85% LTV products that support borrowers looking to...

MFS reveals 49 internal promotions in 2023

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has revealed that 49 team members gained promotions in 2023,...

Brightstar partners with LIBF to deliver CPSP

The Brightstar Group is adopting a group-wide strategy to support team members achieve the...

Alternative Bridging offers refunded valuation and legal fees

Alternative Bridging Corporation has introduced its 'Winter Promotion' offering to refund valuation and lender...

Hope Capital announces key internal promotions

Hope Capital has made a number of important promotions within its team. Charlie Gregory, who...

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...

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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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