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Bridging
Roma Finance aids £1m basement conversion
Roma Finance has come to the rescue of a customer, who had been let down...
9 February 2017
LendInvest offering new refurb product
LendInvest has launched a new refurbishment finance product aimed at experienced property professionals. The refurbishment...
8 February 2017
New associate member for ASTL
Begbies Traynor has become the latest associate member to join the Association of Short...
7 February 2017
New bridging rates from Octopus Property
Octopus Property has made rates reductions on its bridging loan range across all major LTV bandings....
6 February 2017
Record 2016 for Crystal Specialist Finance
Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has reported that in 2016 issued terms were up 81%, completed...
2 February 2017
BFS unveils its lowest bridging rate yet
Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has announced that its rates will start from 0.75% per...
2 February 2017
Castle Trust joins AOBP
Castle Trust has joined the Association of Bridging Professionals (AOBP) as an Associate Lender. It...
1 February 2017
Bridging lender unveils 0.55% deal
Bridging lender Signature Private Finance has launched a new 0.55% per month product, with...
1 February 2017
Connect for Intermediaries launches residential permissions
Connect for Intermediaries has expanded its mortgage network proposition to now include residential permissions. The...
30 January 2017
Londoners three times more likely to gazump
New research by bridging lender Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has revealed that property buyers...
30 January 2017
New structured credit facility for Together
Specialist lender Together has agreed a new facility of £90 million, targeted at funding...
27 January 2017
John Wheeler teams up with Paul Mumford again
John Wheeler has joined Century Capital as its new head of business development at Century Capital. Wheeler has...
25 January 2017
ASTL revises Code of Conduct
Members of the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has voted to alter up its Code...
24 January 2017
Roma Finance unveils special 0.75% bridging deal
Roma Finance has announced a special time-bound offer on residential investment first charge bridging...
23 January 2017
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COMMENT
Comment
Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers
Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...
28 July 2026
Rates are moving and regulation is evolving
Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...
27 July 2026
Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence
The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...
27 July 2026
The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right
The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...
27 July 2026
Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home
For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...
27 July 2026
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Homeowners delay energy upgrades amid confusion over EPC ratings
More than two-fifths of UK homeowners have delayed or are considering delaying energy-efficiency improvements,...
31 July 2026
completions
Lengthy completions put mortgage offers under pressure
Homebuyers face an average five-month wait between agreeing a sale and completing, increasing the...
31 July 2026
Cover
Insured expats still face barriers to healthcare
More than half of insured expatriates have delayed or gone without necessary healthcare because...
31 July 2026
Mortgages
Mortgage lending rebounds but book growth lags
UK mortgage gross lending increased by more than a fifth during 2025, although substantially...
31 July 2026
PROFILES
Toni Smith on the human factor and the fourth emergency service
The AI questions the mortgage industry needs to ask – and address
Claire Cherrington on the opportunities ahead for mortgage clubs