Bridging

HTB completes £6.5m MUFB refinance in 36 hours

Hampshire Trust Bank has completed a £6.5 million refinance on a 63-unit multi-unit freehold...

Aspen Bridging passes £750m lending milestone after record July

Aspen Bridging has passed the £750m total lending milestone following a record-breaking July, with...

Allica Bank unveils new educational programme for brokers

Allica Bank has announced the launch of a fully funded broker education programme to...

Industry reaction as Bank drops rates 0.25%

The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 4% following a finely balanced...

UTB strengthens property development team with senior promotions

United Trust Bank has announced two senior promotions within its property development division as...

UK buyers turn to turnkey homes as borrowing costs reshape priorities

Homebuyers across the UK are increasingly favouring move-in ready properties over those requiring renovation,...

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...
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COMMENT

Fixed rates

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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Fraud

Brokers urged to strengthen sanctions checks

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

OneDome named among Europe’s fastest-growing fintech firms

OneDome has been named one of the fastest-growing fintech companies in Europe, the Middle...
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Foundation raises maximum residential lending age to 80

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