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Brightstar / Blogs & articles
29th July 2014

I read a very interesting article this week in the New Yorker magazine. I don’t…

Blogs & articles / Second charge mortgages
22nd July 2014

Whilst writing my blog, I often find myself coming back to the flexibility and innovation…

Blogs & articles / Commercial finance
15th July 2014

I enjoyed a lender golf function at Wentworth Yesterday with one of the high street…

Blogs & articles / Short-term lending
8th July 2014

This week, I'd like to focus on those products that do not strictly fit within…

Blogs & articles / Second charge mortgages
8th July 2014

I am not alone in being a fan of the rise of technology. You can’t…

Blogs & articles / Residential mortgages
1st July 2014

I was scouring the financial press and yesterday’s headlines were about a fall off in…

Blogs & articles / Short-term lending
26th June 2014

Those that know me will realise I am NOT a huge football fan, but despite…

Brightstar / Blogs & articles
23rd June 2014

Well, I can’t help but continue with the World Cup theme from my last blog.…

Blogs & articles / Second charge mortgages
18th June 2014

Without intending to claim bragging rights but to illustrate the rise of the specialist lending…

Brightstar / Press
14th June 2014

In the wake of reaching the significant landmark of £500 million in specialist lending since…

Blogs & articles / Residential mortgages / Second charge mortgages
14th June 2014

Ok, this is a serious issue and I make no apology about the sombre tone…

Brightstar / Blogs & articles
13th June 2014

The transitional period surrounding the Mortgage Market Review has certainly created some interesting dynamics within…

Brightstar / Press
12th June 2014

Brightstar Financial has launched its new website which coincides with reaching the landmark figure of…

Blogs & articles / Short-term lending
10th June 2014

Is it the rates they offer? Linked to their own cost of funds or the…

Blogs & articles / Short-term lending
3rd June 2014

Solicitors: what do people think about them and their part in the lending process? At…

Brightstar / Blogs & articles
27th May 2014

Being a typical British Bank Holiday, today has been wet and windy. An extra day…

Brightstar / Blogs & articles
20th May 2014

I attended the Mortgage Summit last week and having not operated in the main-stream mortgage-market…

Blogs & articles / Second charge mortgages
15th May 2014

After all the hype surrounding the arrival of MMR, the planet continues to spin and…

Brightstar / Blogs & articles
13th May 2014

Gary Barlow ‘give back your OBE’ demands Margaret Hodge! We’ve seen some fantastic news headlines…

Blogs & articles / Commercial finance
6th May 2014

Let me start this week’s blog by expressing my regret that I could not make…

Blogs & articles / Short-term lending
29th April 2014

I am currently in the process of moving home and although this particular move doesn’t…

Blogs & articles / Commercial finance
22nd April 2014

I watched a very interesting interview this week on a US TV show with Matt…

Blogs & articles / Short-term lending
15th April 2014

I’m writing this week’s blog from our little pine-lodge getaway in East Sussex. The sun…

Blogs & articles / Second charge mortgages
8th April 2014

Interest rates are back in the spotlight…well, maybe not back in the spotlight as there…