Bridging

Eight companies linked to MFS placed into administration

Eight companies linked to the collapsed bridging lender Market Financial Solutions (MFS) have been...

BuildLoan unveils light renovation finance aimed at unmortgageable homes

BuildLoan has launched a new Light Renovation range designed to fund properties that require...

Mortimer Street Capital and Visionary Finance appoint Tom Madden as director

Mortimer Street Capital and Visionary Finance have appointed Tom Madden as director of both...

Hope Capital elevates senior leadership team to director level

Hope Capital Property Finance has strengthened its leadership structure by promoting its entire senior...

West One launches broker criteria search tool

Specialist lender West One has introduced a new criteria search tool on its website...

Broker-led research will sharpen relationships in bridging sector

A new broker-focused research programme has been launched with the aim of helping bridging...

Hope Capital renews Brickflow tie-up as digital distribution gains ground

Hope Capital Property Finance has extended its partnership with broker platform Brickflow as part...

Terry Blackburn on building a community for mortgage brokers

At 19, Terry Blackburn was knocking on doors trying to sell life insurance to...

Industry fundraiser launched after MFS staff go unpaid

Staff at Market Financial Solutions (MFS) were due to be paid on Friday 27...

Knowledge Bank to host development finance webinar for brokers

Knowledge Bank is turning its next Lenders’ Live session over to development finance, as...

Court approves MFS’s administration

A judge at the Chief Insolvency and Companies Court has approved the administration of...

Allica Bank secures $155m to drive SME lending growth

Allica Bank has raised $155m in a Series D funding round to accelerate lending...

Intermediaries arrange £33bn for SMEs

Broker-originated SME lending climbed to £33bn in 2025, up 25% year-on-year, according to the...

Mercantile Trust enhances criteria and unveils new calculator

Mercantile Trust has announced a series of lending criteria enhancements alongside the launch of...
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COMMENT

Analysis

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...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 20

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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News

The Yorkshire appoints two non-executive directors

Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Barry O’Dwyer and Philippa Brown as independent non-executive directors. The...
banks

HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a broad selection of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...
First-time buyers

NHS workers priced out as affordability gap widens

Many NHS workers are being priced out of homeownership with average first-time buyer properties...
Appointments

Metro Bank strengthens specialist mortgage team

Metro Bank has expanded its specialist mortgage team with a series of appointments and...

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