Bridging

Shawbrook completes its first regulated bridging deal

Shawbrook Bank has announced its completion on its new regulated bridging mortgage offering. The lender...

Brightstar receives Investors in People bronze award

Brightstar has achieved an Investors in People bronze level accreditation following its first assessment.  Just...

Savills joins the ASTL

Savills has joined the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) as an associate member....

Alpha Bridging appoints BDM

Alpha Bridging has expanded its sales team with the appointment of Andy Stein as...

Dragonfly updates its development finance products

Dragonfly Property Finance had made two changes to its development product range. The interest...

United Trust Bank hires head of credit

United Trust Bank has appointed Rob Sherr as its chief credit officer. Sheer (pictured)...

Go Commercial Finance gets FCA permissions

Go Commercial Finance has been granted full consumer credit permissions by the Financial Conduct Authority...

Slowdown in gross annual bridging figures

There was a 27% increase in annual gross bridging lending in the 12 months...

Oblix Capital hires regional development manager

Short term bridging and development finance provider Oblix Capital has appointed of Steve Woods...

Shawbrook removes STL expiry margin increase

Shawbrook Bank has announced the removal of the 3% margin increase across its short...

Brightstar launches development finance division

Specialist lending distributor Brightstar has unveiled a new division to deal with its increasing demand...

Trio join Clever Lending

Master broker Clever Lending has made three new sales manager appointments. The trio will handle...

Amicus hires relationship manager

Mark Harrison has been appointed by Amicus as relationship manager. He joins the short-term lender...

West One Loans modernises its investment process

West One Loans has launched an online platform for its investors. The bridging lender claims...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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