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Shawbrook completes its largest regulated bridging deal ever

Shawbrook Bank has revealed that its commercial mortgages division has just completed on its...

The Skipton reinstates two-year discount offering

The Skipton Building Society has reintroduced a residential two-year discount mortgage range with rates...

The Leeds hires corporate planning manager

The Leeds Building Society has appointed Joe Eddison as its new corporate planning manager....

Major rebrand for short-term lender

Dragonfly Property Finance has rebranded to Octopus Property. Octopus Property is the newest division of...

BestAdvice website update

The BestAdvice website has been migrated to new, faster servers over the weekend.  You may...

Pre-retirement pension topping-up pays dividends

Over half a million workers retiring before state pension age will have the opportunity...

RBS denies profiteering from struggling businesses

The Royal Bank of Scotland's turnaround division tried to profit from struggling businesses following...

Lloyds retail sale offer pulled

The government has announced that the sale of its remaining stake in Lloyds Banking...

“Rocketing” stress levels for teachers

252,209 school days were lost due to teacher stress in the last academic year...

The Teachers appoints interim chief executive

Dean Fensome has been appointed as interim chief executive of the Teachers Building Society. His...

New intermediary BTL deals from the Coventry

Coventry for Intermediaries has expanded its buy-to-let portfolio with new products at 70% LTV. The deals...

TML expands distribution

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has added The Mortgage Partnership, Brilliant Solutions and the Julian...

Easing in annual rate of house price growth

House prices in the three months to September were 5.8% higher than in the...

Key Partnerships to hold October seminars

Key Partnerships is expanding its support for IFAs and mortgage brokers with a number of seminars...

COMMENT

Hobson’s Choice: Which root canal treatment would you prefer, Sir?

Now that Andy Pandy from ‘oop norf’ is de facto the Prime Minister elect and will shortly be choosing the colour scheme of No...

A week of progress and reassurance

The past week has brought further reassurance for borrowers. With the Bank of England holding the base rate as expected and inflation remaining steady...

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

Government support is fundamental to market growth

We’ve seen another week of mainstream lenders reduce their rates with more reductions predicted this coming week. This shows more comfort and confidence around...

Bridging is a natural fit for a Shariah-compliant bridging provider

The UK bridging market is, in many ways, a natural fit for Shariah-compliant finance because both are fundamentally built around real assets, partnership structures...

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Fintel chair and TMG chief rescue Rotherham United Women

Rotherham United Women Football Club has been rescued from the brink of extinction after...

Just Mortgages hires new area director for self-employed division

Just Mortgages has appointed Claire Jopson as area director within its self-employed division, with...

Hobson’s Choice: Which root canal treatment would you prefer, Sir?

Now that Andy Pandy from ‘oop norf’ is de facto the Prime Minister elect...

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

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a wide range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

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