Bridging

CSF and MT Finance complete 10-day £1.6m regulated bridge

MT Finance, which recently launched its regulated bridging proposition, has completed its quickest deal...

Suros Capital hires high-net worth specialist

Luxury asset backed lender, Suros Capital, has appointed Charles Hodge as business development director. He is...

Hope Capital joins Mortgage Market Alliance

Hope Capital has become the latest member of the Mortgage Market Alliance, the platform...

MT Finance appoints head for new regulated division

Raphael Benggio has joined MT Finance to head up its newly launched regulated bridging...

Shawbrook reinstates ‘lending for refurb costs’ deal

Shawbrook Bank has made changes to its bridging proposition The lender has reintroduced its unregulated...

Hope Capital unveils new sales director

Hope Capital has announced the appointment of Sinead Moynihan as its new sales director. Moynihan...

Castle Trust appoints new sales director

Castle Trust Bank has appointed Robert Oliver as its new sales director. Oliver (pictured) has...

Loans Warehouse expands bridging panel

Loans Warehouse has announced three appointments to its bridging finance panel. Roma Finance, Propfin and...

Specialist lender appoints new MD

SoMo has appointed Jamie Jolly as its new managing director following its recent rebrand...

L&G Mortgage Club adds Greenfield to bridging panel

Greenfield Mortgages has joined Legal & General Mortgage Club’s panel of specialist lenders. All of Greenfield...

UTB unveils fast track bridging facility

Following a soft launch at the final quarter of 2020, United Trust Bank (UTB)...

Glenhawk joins Loans Warehouse bridging panel

Loans Warehouse has expanded its bridging panel with the addition of Glenhawk for regulated...

New £150m funding line for bridging provider

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has secured a new £150 million funding line. Multiple investors have...

L&G Mortgage Club adds West One to buy-to-let panel

West One Loans’ buy-to-let division has launched with Legal & General Mortgage Club. Brokers will...

COMMENT

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...

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,...

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NatWest strengthens broker support with intermediary team expansion

NatWest has expanded its intermediary leadership team with the creation of two new corporate...

LMS chief executive Nick Chadbourne to step down

LMS has announced that Nick Chadbourne is to step down as chief executive after...

Mortgage commitments rise despite weaker lending volumes, Bank of England data shows

New mortgage commitments increased in the first quarter of 2026 even as completed lending...

MPs call for stamp duty reform to help first-time buyers

A cross-party group of MPs has called for a major review of stamp duty...

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