Press releases for April 2021

30 April 2021

Newly rebranded short-term bridging lender, Black & White, has announced that it has joined specialist finance trade body, FIBA. Black & White Bridging offers bridging loans from £50,000 to £10,000,0...

30 April 2021

- Saffron Building Society is pleased to announce that Tony Hall has been appointed as Head of Mortgage Sales. - He moves from being Interim Head of Mortgage Sales, to the permanent role from 1st May...

30 April 2021

Leading broker firm Just Mortgages has recorded incredible annual growth in 2020, with lending figures increasing by 59% to £3.5bn and profits up by 20%. Despite an enforced break due to the pandemic...

29 April 2021

Pitch 4 Finance has received £66.8m worth of enquiries in its first two weeks since launching to brokers, with the high volume of cases providing a snapshot of the current commercial lending market. ...

29 April 2021

UK, April 29 2021: Users of Criteria Hub, the criteria-based sourcing solution from mortgage technology expert Mortgage Brain, will now be able to include Central Trust in their searches. Mortgage br...

29 April 2021

- Saffron Building Society has launched two new large-loan self-build products in time for ideal construction season. - The new, large loan products are for self-build projects over £1m, up to £2m. ...

29 April 2021

MCI Mortgage Club continues to expand its panel of lenders with the welcome addition of Newbury Building Society. Newbury offers a wide mortgage range from standard residential and buy-to-let to self...

29 April 2021

The RegTech specialist took on a new employee every other day during Q1 Leading anti-money laundering solution provider SmartSearch has recorded just over 50% growth in its team over the past six mon...

28 April 2021

Source Insurance has announced a new week-long series of free ‘Lunch and Learn’ sessions to coincide with Learning at Work Week from Monday 17th to Friday 21st May. Learning at Work Week launched in ...

28 April 2021

Specialist Financial Services Ltd, is delighted to be appointed as a packager for Roma Finance. The company, whose specialist lending portfolio includes commercial and semi-commercial, regulated and ...

28 April 2021

United Trust Bank (UTB) has begun the search for a new Head of Sales for its Asset Finance division following Keith Sangwin’s decision to retire at the end of August 2021. Keith Sangwin’s career spa...

28 April 2021

Suros Capital, the alternative security short term lender, has provided a £66000 loan to a property developer secured against his Porsche 911. The developer bought a property at auction but had used ...

27 April 2021

BuildLoan has extended its distribution by joining the lending panel of SimplyBiz Mortgages, one of the largest mortgage clubs in the UK. Specialising in residential mortgages for self-build, custom ...

27 April 2021

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (27th April 2021) launched the fifth iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q1 2021 rental yields across England and Wales. ...

27 April 2021

Fiduciam, the short-term and marketplace lender, has completed a €10million loan to enable a developer to refinance its banking debt and fund the balance of construction costs. The original funding f...

27 April 2021

United Trust Bank (UTB) has financed the acquisition of two light industrial premises as part of a site assembly plan by Apex Capital Partners which could lead to the creation of 156 new apartments in...

26 April 2021

Pepper Money has recruited Cavina Harrison as Regional Development Manager for the South West. Cavina is an ex mortgage adviser with more than 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry....

26 April 2021

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network bolster Marketing Department and welcome Danielle Wilson as Network’s recruitment wave continues. Danielle led the marketing at Air Group for three years, wo...

26 April 2021

Aspen made light work of a trio of complex legal issues to complete a £1.3m bridge against a heavy refurbishment project in Knightsbridge. The 75% LTV deal on the two-bedroom apartment with roof ter...

23 April 2021

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today (23rd April 2021) launched a new suite of residential products. The new F1 product range includes new 90% LTV fixed-rate opti...

23 April 2021

The top lender for affordability is not one of the top 10 lenders in 73% of cases, according to data from Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT). Analysis of data taken from thousands of cases processed throug...

23 April 2021

Specialist lender Dudley Building Society has announced the launch of its new website, which will cater for both the Society’s members and its intermediary partners. Focusing on the improvements made...

23 April 2021

Portfolio management platform, Lendlord, has launched an integration with the accounting software, Xero. The new integration will allow Lendlord users to link their Xero account with their Lendlord ...

22 April 2021

Norton Broker Services, part of the Norton Group are now offering Bridging Finance solutions to the intermediary market. It comes after a surge in demand from intermediaries wanting to place bridging...

22 April 2021

Specialist short-term lender, Hope Capital has announced a new service proposition and restructuring of its new business division. In January, Sinead Moynihan joined the Hope Capital team from Mint Br...

22 April 2021

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has expanded its senior management team with industry experts Gareth Shilton joining as a consultant and Kala Sreedharan becoming Head of Project Management. Shilton ...

22 April 2021

Molo Finance has announced an exciting partnership with Uinsure to offer digital insurance solutions for the buy-to-let market. The cross-collaboration gives Molo customers access to Uinsure’s tech...

22 April 2021

UK, April 22 2021: More than eight out of ten brokers use the affordability calculators of up to six lenders when sourcing a single case, new research from mortgage technology expert Mortgage Brain ha...

22 April 2021

Buckinghamshire Building Society held its Annual General Meeting on 21 April 2021 at its Head Office in Chalfont St Giles. Due to the pandemic restrictions, members were encouraged to cast their vote ...

22 April 2021

Commenting on the HMRC transaction figures, Jonathan Sealey, CEO at Hope Capital said: “The figures from HMRC this morning are remarkable even when you take into account the SDLT holiday factor, which...

22 April 2021

Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says “Looking at the March figures from HMRC this morning we can see how the first lockdown in March 2020 was already affecting the housing...

22 April 2021

Landbay has attained a 3 Star accreditation for 'world class' levels of workplace engagement from Best Companies. The World Class to Work For accreditation is the highest of four levels and is in rec...

22 April 2021

One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, has been adopted by The Dragon Network and Dragon Finance. The Dragon Network and Dragon Fi...

22 April 2021

Broker use of the forum cherryplc.co.uk has increased by more than 53% in the last year, with the number of page views growing from 861k to more than 1.32m. Between 1st April 2020 and 31st March 2021...

21 April 2021

Allica Bank has launched its direct-to-SME banking offering and appointed three Relationship Managers and one New Business Executive to support the launch. The investment marks the bank’s mission to ‘...

21 April 2021

Today it has been announced that Nick Jones will leave Roma Finance after successfully heading up the specialist lender's new business and marketing strategy, delivering a 60% year on year uplift in n...

21 April 2021

Just Mortgages’ self-employed division has grown by an incredible 60 brokers in the first three months of 2021. At the end of 2020, the self-employed broker team numbered 300, but thanks to huge inter...

21 April 2021

Bridging lender, London Credit has launched a free CPD-accredited online training event for brokers on the differences between regulated and unregulated lending. The seminar, which features Ray Cohen...

21 April 2021

Vernon Building Society has linked up with The Money Group’s new mortgage club – TMG Club – to give members access to its full range of mortgage products. The North West-based building society offers...

21 April 2021

Ocean Finance has launched a fully branded version of Nivo’s secure messaging service to provide a quick, straightforward and secure way of communicating with customers and selected lenders during a s...

20 April 2021

Pepper Money has reintroduced the ability for customers to use its mortgages for Let to Buy transactions. This means that Pepper Money’s Buy to Let mortgages can be used by customers who want to let ...

20 April 2021

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has partnered with Roma Finance to offer its introducers and intermediary partners access to a semi-exclusive bridging loan. Rates start from 0.65% up to a maximum LTV of 75% a...

20 April 2021

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today (20th April 2021) added new lender, MPowered Mortgages, to its panel. From today, Paradigm member firms will be able to access...

20 April 2021

Evolution Money, the second-charge lending specialist, has today (20th April 2021) announced March 2021 as a record month for the business in terms of new introducers and has seen a significant uptake...

20 April 2021

At Buckinghamshire Building Society, we pride ourselves on delivering excellent customer service. Help us to help you by following our simple steps below to help us process your cases as quickly as po...

20 April 2021

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Paul De Croos as Head of Originations – Property Development. Paul, who joins UTB from the Bank of London and the Middle East (BLME), has taken over the role fr...

20 April 2021

Vincent O’Connor appointed as network’s new Head of Protection. In this new role, Vincent will lead the network’s protection offering to their members. The Right Mortgage and Protection Network has b...

19 April 2021

In our continued efforts to bring the most value to mortgage brokers and property professionals, we are releasing a Google My Business e-Book that the team has worked on extensively over the last coup...

19 April 2021

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (16th April 2021) announced a range of criteria changes which will be introduced with immediate effect. The criteria changes, which focus ...

19 April 2021

Air Group, the leading later life services platform, has today (16th April 2021) announced the launch of a new factfind and suitability report for advisers via Air Sourcing. From May, registered user...

19 April 2021

Commenting on proposals by the EU to launch a five-year plan to tackle money laundering, SmartSearch MD Martin Cheek says: “The EU has set out a five-year plan for law enforcement and governments to w...

19 April 2021

A new business loan facility has been launched by Go Business Loans, designed to help support small businesses seeking quick turnaround, short term lending. Go Business Loans will provide loans of be...

19 April 2021

Aspen Bridging has taken the pragmatic approach of using a desktop valuation to lend against a prime six storey commercial property in Moorgate comprising of both offices undergoing substantial works ...

15 April 2021

UK, April 15 2021: Mortgage technology expert Mortgage Brain has launched a significant enhancement to its lender insights offering, available to lenders who use its criteria-based sourcing solution C...

15 April 2021

Specialist short-term lender, Hope Capital has returned to full office occupancy. Hope Capital has been working closely with its team in recent months to create a plan which allows the company to saf...

15 April 2021

More than eight in ten (81%) Brits claim trust is the deciding factor on their purchasing journey1, yet more than three quarters (76%) admit they lack trust in their online banking, according to new r...

15 April 2021

PSL achieves £70billion of assets under management on the Phoebus servicing solution Following the sustained growth of Phoebus Software Limited (PSL), the balances of loans and savings serviced on th...

15 April 2021

Bristol, 15 April 2021 – Zephyr Homeloans, the specialist buy-to-let (BTL) lender owned by Computershare, has increased its limited company conveyancer panel to eight firms. The change means that lan...

15 April 2021

Dudley Building Society has announced it has become a carbon neutral organisation. The Society, based in the West Midlands, has donated to a carbon footprint project that plants trees in the local ar...

15 April 2021

Aldermore bank has become the latest lender to join the Mortgage Market Alliance (MMA). Aldermore bank provides specialist finance to business owners, homeowners and landlords, car owners, and suppo...

15 April 2021

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) is continuing its series of Health and Wellbeing interviews with Jeremy Duncombe discussing the professional and personal challenges that have affected his wellbeing a...

14 April 2021

- Saffron for Intermediaries is holding its ninth webinar in the SFI Live series, focusing on self-employed and contractors.  - As part of the interactive webinar, intermediaries will have the opport...

14 April 2021

Brightstone Law and Westcor International have launched Lending after Lockdown – a free digital event for bridging lenders and specialist finance providers. Lending after Lockdown has been developed ...

14 April 2021

Insurtech firm, Uinsure, has announced strong initial results in the first phase of 2021, with 33.5% sales growth in the opening quarter. The results are the latest piece of good news for the B2B ins...

14 April 2021

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today (14th April 2021) launched a ‘Green Reward’ remortgage as part of its residential range. The residential ‘Green Reward’ remor...

14 April 2021

SortRefer, an online portal for Mortgage Brokers, beats new record in business levels with ‘best ever’ month and days in March 2021. March was a very successful business month for SortRefer as the co...

14 April 2021

We can exclusively reveal that second charge lending totalled £91.4 million in March 2021, a 31.27% increase on the previous month. The number of completions also topped 2,000 for the first time sinc...

14 April 2021

We can probably all agree that the property industry has been affected by COVID-19, but just how much? It has been over a year of lockdowns in the UK. What’s the economic state of the mortgage and in...

14 April 2021

Buy-to-let lender Landbay is adapting its market leading product range to add flexibility for intermediaries and their clients. The award-winning lender is lowering the minimum property value on its ...

14 April 2021

Pepper Money has made a number of enhancements to its Buy to Let mortgage range, reducing minimum income requirements and introducing a new Limited Edition product. The newly released Limited Editio...

13 April 2021

SortRefer, an online portal for Mortgage Brokers, beats new record in business levels with ‘best ever’ month and days in March 2021. March was a very successful business month for SortRefer as the co...

13 April 2021

Air Group, the leading later life services platform, has today (13th April 2021) launched a series of new ‘Criteria Clinics’ in conjunction with criteria search provider, Knowledge Bank. Each ‘Criter...

13 April 2021

Fraser Johns, finance director at Beard, said: “There is a lot of optimism around this week, and rightly so with the reopening of our retail sector and a successful vaccine rollout. “The highest leve...

13 April 2021

Landwood Group has become the latest professional organisation to join the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) as an associate member. Landwood Group are experts in Property and Plant and Machi...

13 April 2021

Enra Specialist Finance has revealed its quarterly results for Q1 2021 reporting record results across all areas of the business from broking to lending. Under the West One lending brand, completions...

13 April 2021

One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, has been adopted by LDNfinance as its primary tech provider. The integration will allow LDN...

12 April 2021

The Right DA Club announces its brand new locum service aimed at providing assistance to their directly authorised members as a part of their support packages or as a stand-alone service. The Right D...

12 April 2021

New research from criteria search specialist Knowledge Bank shows that homeowners are utilising second charge mortgages to raise money to invest in buy-to-let properties, home improvements and also co...

12 April 2021

Smart Money, the specialist finance packager, has reappointed Anna McBurnie to provide support to introducers on every aspect of second charge loans. Anna, who worked for Smart Money until the pandem...

12 April 2021

Pitch 4 Finance has launched to help intermediaries source the best solutions for their clients in bridging, property development, commercial term loans and complex buy to let. The platform instantl...

12 April 2021

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has partnered with Iress to deliver an integrated research platform that will enable brokers to source by affordability, rate, criteria and even current service levels. T...

12 April 2021

Pepper Money has increased the maximum LTV available on its mortgages for customers with a more recent experience of adverse credit. The maximum LTV on Pepper 18 and Pepper 12 has been increased fro...

12 April 2021

Enra Specialist Finance has launched its first graduate scheme intended to nurture new talent and provide further support for Enra’s continuing growth. The six graduates who started this week are joi...

12 April 2021

The Brightstar Group has returned its offices to full occupancy as part of its phased approach to delivering a safe working environment in line with government guidance. The offices of Brightstar Fi...

09 April 2021

Following the publication of a report by the Solicitors Regulation Authority board which says suspicious activity worth £200m was reported to NCA last year, Martin Cheek MD at SmartSearch commented: “...

09 April 2021

Mansfield Building Society has launched a new house purchase mortgage to 90% LTV, alongside its remortgage product to 85% LTV - both products are available to borrowers across England, Wales and Scotl...

09 April 2021

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Jon Mote as the Head of Specialist Business Development – Asset Finance in a further move to develop its presence in the mid-ticket transaction sector. Jon Mote ...

09 April 2021

Hanley Economic Building Society has been recognised as one of the UK’s Best Small Companies to work for in 2021. The Society gained a 3-star accreditation, after demonstrating “world class” levels of...

09 April 2021

Leading financial services comparison website, GoCompare joins UTB and Optalitix in the second TIP-Talks innovation webinar on the 15th April from 4-5pm. The hour-long online Zoom session is free to ...

09 April 2021

After the success of their first Virtual National Training Event back in November 2020, The Right Mortgage and Protection Network announces their second online training event with a brand new theme. ...

09 April 2021

Searches for 95% LTV mortgages have increased by nearly eight times since the start of the year, according to Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT). Data from the MBT Affordability platform shows that searches...

09 April 2021

Specialist short term lender, Suros Capital, has enabled a customer to finalise a project of property renovation by providing finance within six hours of enquiry. The customer, a seasoned professiona...

08 April 2021

Commenting on the latest CIPS figures, Fraser Johns, finance director at Beard, said: “After a big dip in 2020, the construction sector has recorded an impressive bounce back. Primarily driven by str...

08 April 2021

Impact Specialist Finance are delighted to announce that they have been provided access to exclusive 85% LTV mortgages from Pepper Money, on its Pepper 24 and Pepper 24 Light product ranges. Pepper 2...

08 April 2021

Black & White Bridging, the newly rebranded specialist lender, has announced its first two external appointments with the hiring of Heather Hancock as Senior Underwriter and Oliver Bland as Relationsh...

08 April 2021

United Trust Bank (UTB) is funding a development of 25 family homes on the edge of the Lake District National Park. The development, situated in the Cumbrian village of Hackthorpe, is being complete...

08 April 2021

We have now launched a range of 95% LTV products, particularly with first time buyers in mind. With three 3-year fixed products available, a stand-alone 95% LTV offering across England and Wales. In ...

08 April 2021

Just Mortgages has put in place measures to support both employed and self-employed brokers with their mental health throughout the pandemic and beyond. April marks Stress Awareness month and one of t...

08 April 2021

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has launched a partnership with Dynamo for Intermediaries to provide its 3,000 members with easy access to MBT Affordability, including BTL Affordability and MBT Criteria S...

08 April 2021

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has become the latest lender to join the Mortgage Market Alliance (MMA). TML specialises in lending for real life circumstances, including the self-employed, people whose i...

08 April 2021

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today (7th April 2021) cut rates across its standard and HMO ranges, and has launched a new Limited Edition limited company buy-to-l...

08 April 2021

Buckinghamshire Building Society today announced they are launching a range of 95% LTV products, with first time buyers in mind. ‘As a mutually owned Building Society, we are committed to doing whate...

08 April 2021

Protection brokerage Lifecover.com and specialist lending group, Loans Warehouse, are pleased to announce a new strategic partnership. This is the first major deal for Lifecover.com, since it came und...

08 April 2021

Evolution Money, the second-charge lending specialist, has today (8th April 2021) launched a quarterly tracker of its data, designed to outline borrower types, average mortgage sizes, LTV, and a raft ...

08 April 2021

The F4B Network has announced the addition of Hodge Bank to its lending panel. This panel addition will provide F4B Network members with access to Hodge Bank’s extensive range of specialist residenti...

08 April 2021

VAS Audit has reported its busiest ever month on record, with the company providing independent professional analysis on over £150m worth of property valuations in March. The business, which is part...

08 April 2021

Pepper Money has made significant price reductions across its Residential mortgage range, with over 50 rates cut by as much as 1.04% and more options for customers who may have experienced a financial...

06 April 2021

Black & White Bridging, the new rebrand of respected regional lender, Bath & West Finance, has been launched to create a new nationwide lender dedicated to intermediaries and their customers across th...

06 April 2021

Hope Capital has experienced another exceptional month in business and achieved a new firm record, with a 196% increase in deals reaching completion in the 6 months leading up to March 2021 versus the...

06 April 2021

ULS technology has agreed a partnership with Foundation Home Loans to provide an integrated panel management service to the specialist lender. The integrated service will enable Foundation to deliver...

01 April 2021

Dudley Building Society is unveiling a range of CPD accredited self-study learning activities providing detailed information on the expat, self-build, holiday let and self-employed mortgage markets. ...