Bridging

Hampshire Trust Bank promotes pair to regional account director roles

Hampshire Trust Bank has promoted Barry Ireland and Wes Baker to regional account director,...

Black & White Bridging appoints commercial director

Specialist short-term lender Black & White Bridging has appointed Nick Russell as commercial director,...

Housing and commercial activity hit pandemic-era lows

The UK construction sector ended 2025 in deep contraction though the pace of decline...

Goldentree extends monitoring partnership as fifth project takes total to £4.1m

Goldentree Financial Services has appointed DPT Monitoring Surveyors on a fifth development finance scheme,...

Market Harborough lowers mortgage pricing and cuts SVR

The Market Harborough Building Society has reduced a range of mortgage and bridging finance...

Aspen cuts rates by 60bps across its specialist lending range

Aspen has begun 2026 with a series of rate reductions across its entire product...

HTB completes £4.49m advance to support South Wales portfolio share purchase

Hampshire Trust Bank has completed a £4.49m advance to support the acquisition of two...

Charles Street named patron lender of NACFB

Specialist lender Charles Street has been appointed as an official patron lender of the...

Hope Capital Property Finance posts sharp rise in activity heading into new year

Hope Capital Property Finance has entered the new year reporting a marked uplift in...

Somo cuts bridging rates after Bank of England move

Somo has moved quickly to cut rates across its bridging range following the Bank...

Bridging finance momentum shows up in Knowledge Bank broker search data

Broker search behaviour on Knowledge Bank suggests bridging finance is playing an increasingly central...

Recognise Bank completes £1.825m bridge-to-term deal for London landlord

Recognise Bank has provided a £1.825m bridge-to-term facility to support an experienced London landlord...

Developer opts for hybrid bridge-to-let funding to retain exit flexibility

An experienced property developer has secured a £1.8 million bridge-to-let facility from Aspen to...

INDUSTRY REACTION: Bank rate cut passes by narrow margin

At its meeting ending on 17 December 2025, the Monetary Policy Committee voted by...
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COMMENT

Comment

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Compliance

Digital mortgage ID checks unaffected by government U-turn

Digital identity verification used by mortgage lenders, brokers and other regulated firms is unaffected...
Building Societies

Family BS launches broker Mortgage Hub

Family Building Society has launched an online mortgage application platform designed to give brokers...
Artificial Intelligence

Cyberattack disrupts Romanian property transactions

A cyberattack on Romania’s national land registry has disrupted property transactions across the country...
First-time buyers

Just Mortgages and April launch 100% LTV mortgage with family support

Just Mortgages has expanded its first-time buyer range with a semi-exclusive joint borrower sole...

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