Bridging

FIBA launches new academy to support CPSP qualification and industry development

The Financial Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA) has unveiled a new educational initiative in...

Bridging market held firm in Q2

The UK bridging finance market continued to show resilience in the second quarter of...

Black & White Bridging hire to strengthen northern reach

Black & White Bridging has appointed Rick Davey as relationship manager as the lender...

LendInvest backs £11m regeneration of historic Welsh college site

LendInvest Mortgages has provided a £10.975 million development loan to support the transformation of...

Vic Jannels to step down as BDLA chief executive at end of year

Vic Jannels, chief executive of the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA), is to...

Arc & Co secures £7.3m funding for Glasgow office acquisition and stabilisation

Specialist debt advisory firm Arc & Co has arranged a £7.3m acquisition and stabilisation...

West One bolsters short-term division with quartet of strategic hires

Specialist lender West One Loans has strengthens its short-term lending division with four key...

The Mortgage Stop joins New Leaf

The Mortgage Stop, a Romsey-based brokerage founded by husband and wife team Rohit and...

Hope Capital strengthens portfolio management with new servicing division and internal promotion

Hope Capital has overhauled its portfolio management operation with the launch of a dedicated...

BDLA partners with Synectics Solutions to launch early fraud warning system

The Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) has launched a bespoke early warning system...

The lender-broker interview

Roz Cawood (pictured), managing director of Property Finance at StreamBank, sits down with two...

Developer returns to Aspen after swift 10-day £750k bridge

Aspen Bridging has secured repeat business from a UK developer following the swift delivery...

Octopus Capital supports £13m Hampshire care home development

Octopus Capital has agreed a £13.4 million development loan to support the delivery of...

Suros Capital unlocks £125k property renovation using fine wine collection

A property investor has secured a £125,000 loan to complete renovation works by leveraging...

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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