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Hope Capital publishes its first ESG report

Hope Capital has published an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report. The report provides a...

LendInvest unveils new mortgages business division

LendInvest has created a new business division to serve its residential, buy-to-let and bridging...

Castle Trust Bank ups title insurance limit

Castle Trust Bank has increased the maximum loan size on which it can use...

21Finance launches specialist packager service

21Finance has unveiled a packager service dedicated to the broker market concentrating on whole...

Providing alternatives to bridging for property professionals

The short-term lending market today is a well-established and professional sector and bridging products...

UTB reduces regulated and unregulated bridging rates

United Trust Bank (UTB) has reduced pricing on its range of regulated and unregulated...

MFS joins Dynamo for Intermediaries’ lender panel

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has been added to Dynamo for Intermediaries’ lender panel. ...

Somo appoints new relationship director

Short-term lender Somo Bridging has appointed Andrew Marsland as its new relationship director for...

Roma Finance secures new funding facility with Cambridge BS

Roma Finance has announced a new £120m lending facility with the Cambridge Building Society. The...

The Loans Engine partners with four lenders

The Loans Engine has announced new partnerships with four lenders. The quartet are Octopus Real...

Catalyst appoints new credit team support officer

Catalyst, the short term property finance lender, has announced the appointment of Ellie Hadden...

Mercantile Trust introduces fixed rate option for bridging loans

Mercantile Trust has launched a new fixed rate bridging finance option. Loans are available...

Norton Broker Services unveils partnership with new short-term lender

Norton Broker Services has been appointed to the panel of StreamBank, assisting the new...

Alternative Bridging cuts Alternative Overdraft rates

Alternative Bridging Corporation has cut the rates on its Alternative Overdraft drawdown product by...

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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