Bridging

HTB completes £12.9m development finance facility

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided an experienced housebuilder with a £12.9 million facility...

Bridge Help appoints head of sales

Bridge Help has promoted Katie Snodden to the newly created role of head of...

Alternative Bridging unveils pre-approved part exchange facility

Alternative Bridging Corporation has launched PartX Property Finance, a pre-approved part exchange facility to...

Envelop Network to host Mortgage & Specialist Finance Expo

The Envelop Network is to host the Mortgage & Specialist Finance Expo on Wednesday...

Mercantile Trust joins Propp lending panel

Mercantile Trust has been added to the lending panel of Propp, the property finance...

Funding 365 launches auction valuation fee rebate pledge

Funding 365 has pledged to rebate property valuation fees to increase cash flow for...

Recognise Bank’s parent company delists

Recognise Bank has announced that its parent company, the City of London Group plc,...

ASTL and FIBA invite support for education programme

The ASTL and FIBA have written to members and partners respectively, inviting them to...

Finova launches partnership with Loans Warehouse

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has partnered with Loans Warehouse, the second charge mortgage...

United Trust Bank completes £3.3m regulated bridging loan

United Trust Bank's (UTB) bridging division completed a £3.3m regulated bridging loan to enable...

Alternative Bridging appoints head of sales for the North

Alternative Bridging Corporation has promoted Paul Gavin to the role of head of sales,...

TAB launches Open Banking interface

Bridging lender, TAB, has integrated Open Banking into its processes. Open Banking allows consumers to securely share...

MT Finance joins IMLA

MT Finance has become the latest full member to join the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders...

Glenhawk appoints BDM for South West & Wales region

Glenhawk has appointed Stephen Wrigley as business development manager, with responsibility for the South...

COMMENT

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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Price cuts signal more competitive market for brokers

House sellers have made the biggest June price reduction in 14 years as higher...

Royal London pays record £821m in protection claims 

Royal London paid a record £821m in protection claims during 2025, supporting more than...

TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

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