Bridging

NACFB appoints CEO

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has announced the appointment of Graham...

Black Book Finance launches white-labelled service

Black Book Finance has announced the launch of a white-labelled version, called Beaufort Capital Solutions....

Private equity vehicle’s Shawbrook bid passes key threshold

Private equity consortium Marlin Bidco is likely to take over Shawbrook Bank following capturing 75.6%...

LendInvest recruits second Northern BDM

LendInvest has appointed its second business development manager (BDM) for Northern England. Sophie Mitchell-Charman...

UK specialist lending bolstered by M&A activity

19 transactions were announced across asset, property and personal finance worth over £3bn in...

ASTL celebrates record membership levels

FRP Advisory has become the fifth associate member to join the Association of Short...

Richard Tugwell joins Together

Together has appointed Richard Tugwell to the position of group intermediary relationship director. Tugwell (pictured)...

Together in two-day bridging turnaround

Specialist lender Together, working with mortgage broker SPF Private Client, has completed a regulated...

Connect for Intermediaries adds West One Loans to bridging panel

Connect for Intermediaries has added West One Loans to its panel of bridging lenders....

Gary Bailey to leave Together after two decades

Together has announced that its sales director Gary Bailey is leaving the business, after...

Octane Capital hires director of commercial real estate finance

Octane Capital has recruited Matthew Bird as its new director of commercial real estate...

Lending markets to hold up despite uncertainty

It was impossible not to be caught up in the General Election campaign –...

Shawbrook directors reject takeover bid

Shawbrook Group is sending a circular to its shareholders in response to the final...

ASTL welcomes back founder member

Affirmative Group has re-joined the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL). The Manchester-based lender left...

COMMENT

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Latest news

Renters’ Rights Act to reshape buy-to-let risk models

The Renters’ Rights Act is set to trigger a fundamental shift in how lenders assess risk...

MAB research shows confidence among buyers is rising, but many still hesitate

More than half of prospective buyers say they are ready to purchase in 2026,...

Market Harborough cuts fixed rates and adds pre-completion switch option

Market Harborough Building Society has cut fixed mortgage rates by up to 36bps and...

Together appoints corporate sales director for Teesside and North Yorkshire

Together has appointed Kristi Capaldi as corporate sales director for Teesside and North Yorkshire,...

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