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Castle Trust Bank adds to bridging sales team

Castle Trust Bank has expanded its sales team with the recruitment of Barry Ireland...

Central Trust and Mercantile Trust revise criteria

Central Trust and Mercantile Trust, the intermediary lending brands of the Norfolk Capital Group...

Sundeep Patel to join UTB tomorrow

United Trust Bank (UTB) recently revealed that it had appointed Sundeep Patel as director...

Mint Property Finance streamlines legal process

Mint Property Finance has streamlined its legal procedures, with its panel of solicitors now...

New risk chief for TAB

Bridging lender TAB has appointed Jason Shead as the new chief risk officer. Shead (pictured)...

Brilliant Solutions removes upfront bridging and commercial fees

Brilliant Solutions has revised its bridging and commercial offering to ensure clients pay no...

Spring Finance secures second bridging funding line

Specialist lender Spring Finance has completed on a funding line with Hampshire Trust Bank...

Brightstar to hold free broker webinars

Brightstar Financial has introduced a series of free webinars to provide brokers with the...

One Stop Business Finance secures Shawbrook facility boost

Specialist lender, One Stop Business Finance, has secured an extension of up to £4...

Bridging lender sells off minority stake

MT Finance has revealed that an American investment company focusing on fixed-income investments has...

Catalyst appoints intermediary relationship manager

Catalyst has appointed Ciaran Courtney as a new intermediary relationship manager. Courtney joins the specialist...

Assetz Capital appoints development specialist

Assetz Capital has appointed Sinead Moynihan as relationship director. In her new role, Moynihan...

Aspen sees rise in overseas bridging enquiries

Aspen Bridging has completed its latest foreign national purchase bridge in 20 days, having...

CapitalRise reaches originations milestone

Prime property finance firm CapitalRise has originated more than £200m in loans, funding developments...

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...

Latest news

CHL cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its short-term let and limited edition buy-to-let ranges. The...

Darlington cuts rates across buy-to-let and specialist ranges

Darlington Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 50bps across its buy-to-let,...

HTB backs £2.4m Mitcham scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank has provided a £2.4m development finance facility for a mixed-use scheme in...

The Mansfield reports record mortgage lending for second year running

Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage lending for the second successive year, after...

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