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FIBA expands lender panel

The Financial Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA) has announced the addition of Onyx Money...

MFS extends bridging rate freeze to Q4

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has extended the freeze on its bridging rates until October,...

HTB appoints business development director for bridging

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced an internal promotion from its specialist mortgage team...

West One hails July as record month for originations

West One Loans has reported a record month for originations in July. The specialist lender...

One Mortgage System joins ASTL

One Mortgage System (OMS) has become the latest professional organisation to join the Association...

Roma Finance introduces Flow Desk

Roma Finance has launched Flow Desk in response to demand for short term lending. ...

Assetz Capital provides £2.75m dev exit facility

Assetz Capital has reported a recent agreement for a development exit loan in Frome,...

InterBay launches Select Partners for bridging

InterBay has launched Select Partners, a new partner proposition which offers exclusive access to...

Brokers become less pessimistic moving into H2

New research from Crystal Specialist Finance has revealed how mortgage brokers viewed the market...

Spring Finance secures third bridging funding line

Spring Finance (Spring) has announced that it has recently completed on a funding line...

ASTL unveils latest associate member

MJ Group has become the latest professional organisation to join the Association of Short...

Alternative Bridging hires underwriting head

Alternative Bridging Corporation has appointed Claire O’Brien as head of underwriting. O’Brien (pictured), who...

Bridging for BTL clients

In the current economic climate of rising interest rates and ongoing uncertainty in the...

Kuflink secures £35m institutional debt funding facility

Kuflink Group and European Risk Capital have jointly announced that Kuflink has entered into...

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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