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Q&A: Daniel Yeo, CEO, Specialist Finance Centre

BestAdvice fires the questions at Daniel Yeo, CEO at Specialist Finance Centre BestAdvice (BA): SFC...

West One adds Brilliant Solutions to residential panel

West One Loans has added Brilliant Solutions to its residential intermediary panel. Brilliant Solutions is...

Spring Finance bolsters bridging underwriting team

Spring Finance has announced the appointment of Wayne Fitzpatrick as a senior underwriter within...

TMA Club partners with 3mc

TMA Club has announced the addition of a new partner, 3mc, to its packager...

Roma Finance unveils property market opportunity webinar series

Roma Finance is offering a series of webinars focused on opportunities in the current...

MFS joins finova panel

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has announced its partnership with finova Payment and Mortgage Services,...

Alternative Bridging boosts case management team

Alternative Bridging Corporation has bolstered its case management team with the recruitment of Katherine Partridge. Partridge...

Hope Capital introduces two new products

Hope Capital has launched two new products: Bridge 2 Let and Term 2 Rent. The...

West One Loans sponsors PGA Tour & DP World Tour golfer

West One Loans has signed a significant sponsorship deal with professional golfer Matt Wallace. ...

Somo unveils free legals promotion

Somo Bridging has launched a new deal today that will see it pay up...

Aspen expands office space and makes new appointment

Aspen Bridging has expanded its office floorspace by 50% and appointed Richard Coombs as...

Using bridging to help BTL investors grow their portfolios

Looking back on the year, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that things are...

Central Trust and Mercantile Trust to host March academy events

Central Trust and Mercantile Trust, along with their sister brand, UK Credit, are to...

Bridge Help appoints head of sales

Bridge Help has promoted Katie Snodden to the newly created role of head of...

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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