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Development exit
Recognise Bank backs Essex developer with £1.98m exit loan
Recognise Bank has completed a £1.98m development exit facility to help an Essex housebuilder...
19 November 2025
Aspen backs developer’s revised scheme with £1.475m bridge to complete Staffordshire home
An experienced developer who altered plans mid-build to enhance the end value of a...
18 November 2025
Developers lose confidence as Budget uncertainty stalls housing starts
Growing uncertainty ahead of the Autumn Budget has triggered a marked drop in confidence...
17 November 2025
Masthaven joins TRM panel to widen access to bridging finance
The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has added Masthaven Finance to its lender panel,...
14 November 2025
Aspen completes £1m development exit bridge in 10 days
Aspen Bridging has completed a £1.05m development exit bridge for a returning client in...
28 October 2025
GB Bank enters bridging market with new range starting at 0.79%
GB Bank has launched a new bridging finance range aimed at providing fast and...
23 October 2025
Funding 365 completes £1.6m Surrey development exit loan
Funding 365 has provided a £1.6 million development exit loan at a rate of...
12 October 2025
Masthaven reduces bridging rates and widens product scope
Masthaven Finance has announced sweeping rate cuts across its bridging range, alongside product changes...
25 September 2025
West One launches bespoke buy-to-let service in major revamp
West One has unveiled the most extensive overhaul of its buy-to-let mortgage range since...
23 September 2025
UTB reshapes lending division as Sundeep Patel departs
United Trust Bank (UTB) has announced a major restructuring of its lending operations alongside...
22 September 2025
StreamBank joins New Leaf lender panel to expand broker access
StreamBank has been added to the New Leaf Distribution lender panel, a move that...
22 September 2025
Bridging market shows signs of consolidation
The latest quarterly data from the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) shows a...
18 September 2025
Assetz Capital strengthens London and South East focus
Hans Laud-Anderson has joined Assetz Capital as its London and South East relationship director. With...
17 September 2025
United Trust Bank grows property development team
United Trust Bank (UTB) has bolstered it property development division as the bank continues...
17 September 2025
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COMMENT
Cover
The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up
Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...
9 June 2026
Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck
For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...
8 June 2026
The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about
There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...
3 June 2026
Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows
High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...
1 June 2026
The cost of knowing less
There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...
29 May 2026
Latest news
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Halifax retains top spot in broker satisfaction survey
Halifax has once again been named the best overall lender for broker experience in...
10 June 2026
Blogs
Nationwide cuts switcher mortgage rates for existing borrowers
Nationwide is reducing rates across its switcher mortgage range for existing customers by up...
9 June 2026
News
Hinckley & Rugby adds visa mortgage products to offering
Hinckley & Rugby for intermediaries has launched four two-year discount visa mortgage products across...
9 June 2026
Appointments
NatWest strengthens broker support with intermediary team expansion
NatWest has expanded its intermediary leadership team with the creation of two new corporate...
9 June 2026
PROFILES
Steve Caruthers on understanding how lenders operate
Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom
Profile: Andrew Lloyd, CEO of Fignum