Refurbishment

Bridging completion times fall to eight-year low as speed regains priority

The average time taken to complete a bridging loan fell to 43 days in...

Refurbishment bill to lift England’s rental homes to EPC C put at £19.9bn

Landlords across England face a refurbishment bill of almost £20bn to bring private rented...

Simplybiz and FIBA launch specialist finance panel

Simplybiz Mortgages and the Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) have collaborated to launch...

Roma Finance launches landlord refurb buy-to-let deal

Roma Finance has launched a refurb buy-to-let product designed to support landlords and property...

Opus First Media launches Bridging Soup

Opus First Media has expanded its specialist publishing portfolio with the launch of Bridging...

Masthaven lowers development finance rates to support scheme viability

Specialist lender Masthaven Finance has reduced rates across its development finance range as part...

Developers look to steadier lending conditions for confidence

Improving conditions across the lending landscape are helping to lift developer confidence heading into...

Masthaven cuts bridging rates and broadens AVM use

Masthaven Finance has updated its bridging proposition with rate cuts across key products, wider...

Recognise Bank backs South Kensington renovation with £556k bridging loan

Recognise Bank has completed a £556,000 residential bridging loan to support the renovation of...

Aspen cuts rates by 60bps across its specialist lending range

Aspen has begun 2026 with a series of rate reductions across its entire product...

Bridging finance momentum shows up in Knowledge Bank broker search data

Broker search behaviour on Knowledge Bank suggests bridging finance is playing an increasingly central...

Roma Finance partners with new refurbishment cost platform

Roma Finance has been named finance partner for the national rollout of the Refurb...

StreamBank streamlines bridging range into three simplified categories

StreamBank has overhauled its bridging proposition, introducing a simplified three-part structure designed to make...

RAW Capital Partners widens remit with new UK mortgage range

RAW Capital Partners has expanded into the mainstream UK lending market with the launch...
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COMMENT

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

News

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

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

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

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

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

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

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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