Bridging

Brightstar sponsors Sepsis Trust charity ball

Last Friday saw celebrities, supporters and those affected by Sepsis coming together on UK...

Hope Capital offers enhanced proc fee

Short-term lender Hope Capital is offering a 50% enhanced procuration fee from 23 September...

Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the cheapest of them all?

Sounds crass I know, but my Fincorp colleagues and I have recently been developing...

Bridgebank Capital to become two brands

Bridgebank Capital has confirmed it is to launch a new 'split brand' this week. ...

New member for the ASTL

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has recruited new member Market Financial Solutions....

Fraud cop to address ASTL conference

Detective Chief Inspector, Andy Fyfe, whose role it is to investigate and bring to...

New face at Hope Capital

Hope Capital has recruited a new business development manager, Danny Power. This is...

Bridging extension fees could contravene MMR, claims lender

Bridging lender Fincorp has claimed that those short-term lenders who charge clients a large...

Signature Private Finance reveals pair of hires

Short-term property finance provider Signature Private Finance has made two new appointments. Nigel Robbins, who...

Business exceeding expectations for brokers

45% of brokers who operate in the bridging, development finance and asset finance...

ASTL appoints new executive committee

The Association of Short Term Lenders’ (ASTL) has appointed its new executive committee. Three...

Enterprise Finance acquires bridging lender

Enterprise Finance has announced its acquisition of bridging lender West One Loans. The transaction was...

New seminar theatres for Financial Services Expo

Financial Services Expo (FSE) London has announced a range of new seminar theatres to...

Bridging lending nearly doubles in 12 months

The Association of Short Term Lenders’ (ASTL) has published its latest quarterly figures...

COMMENT

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,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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Brokers urged to strengthen sanctions checks

Mortgage and financial services firms are being urged to review their sanctions controls after...

OneDome named among Europe’s fastest-growing fintech firms

OneDome has been named one of the fastest-growing fintech companies in Europe, the Middle...

Foundation raises maximum residential lending age to 80

Foundation Home Loans has increased its maximum residential lending age from 75 to 80...

First-time buyers wait six years to buy as lifestyle priorities reshape purchasing decisions

First-time buyers are spending an average of six years saving for a deposit as...

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