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Tuscan Capital provides £3.7m holiday let dev exit loan

Tuscan Capital has completed a £3.7 million development exit loan facility for a holiday...

Hope Capital offers 80% LTV on medium & heavy refurbishment

Hope Capital has revamped its residential refurbishment offering by now providing up to 80%...

Clever Lending arranges £1.4m regulated bridging loan

Clever Lending has recently secured a £1.1m regulated bridging facility for a broker’s client...

Mint Property Finance reports record quarter for enquiries

Mint Property Finance has reported a record number of enquiries received in Q1. The specialist...

BFS to move into Scotland

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has outlined plans to expand into Scotland as part of...

Hope Capital makes portfolio team promotion

Hope Capital has promoted Christy Alokan to the position of senior portfolio case manager. Alokan...

Impact Specialist Finance unveils semi-exclusive 80% net LTV refurb bridging deal

Impact Specialist Finance has launched a new light and heavy refurbishment bridging product available...

Understanding the benefits of second charge bridging loans

In the current volatile economic climate, concerns over soaring energy prices, higher borrowing costs...

Humphrey & Gray joins ASTL

Property maintenance specialists, Humphrey & Gray, has become the latest professional organisation to join...

Hope Capital to fix rates on loans above £500k

Specialist short-term lender, Hope Capital, will be holding rates on all deals over £500k...

Somo celebrates best ever month

Specialist lending firm Somo Bridging has celebrated its best month ever thanks to its...

ASTL sees Q4 fall in bridging completions

Bridging applications and loan books continued to grow in Q4 2022, according to the...

Spring Finance appoints head of sales for bridging

Specialist lender Spring Finance has announced the appointment of Owen Bentley as head of...

MT Finance appoints managing director

MT Finance has announced the promotion of Gareth Lewis from commercial director to managing...

COMMENT

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

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...

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Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage...

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...

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...

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...

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