The Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) has announced that Leonard Curtis has joined as an associate member.

The professional services group provides restructuring and insolvency, funding, legal and wider advisory services. Its teams work with business owners, lenders, investors and advisers, with experience across property and construction as well as a broad range of other sectors.

Leonard Curtis has recently launched its Property and Construction Quarterly Outlook report, providing insight into the opportunities and issues affecting businesses, lenders and other stakeholders across the sector.

Darlington Building Society has cut rates across its residential and specialist mortgage products by up to 40 bps.

As a result, its two-year standard residential mortgage is available from 5.29% at 80% LTV and 5.89% at 90% LTV, while its two-year specialist residential mortgages start from 5.49% and 5.99% at 80% and 95% LTV respectively.

Furthermore, its two- and five-year buy-to-let (BTL) specialist mortgage starts from 5.69%, and its five-year limited company BTL mortgage is available from 5.99%.

Gable Mortgages has been added to Mortgage Brain’s Sourcing Brain, to give brokers faster access to its products through the technology creator’s product sourcing platform.

Brokers can now research the new lender’s zero-deposit mortgage products, helping them assess cases more quickly and place first-time buyer and key worker enquiries with greater confidence.

Gable Mortgages’ product range includes zero-deposit, 100% LTV mortgage designed for young professionals, key workers and those purchasing new build homes and standard properties as first-time or next time buyers.

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