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Aspen provides £6.95m dev loan in five days

Aspen has completed a £6.95m light development loan at 75% LTV in five days...

Signature appoints new relationship manager

Signature Property Finance has appointed Richard Winston as its relationship manager for the South...

West One Loans hires two new BDMs

West One Loans has expanded its business development manager (BDM) team with two new...

Time Finance appoints invoice finance relationship manager

Time Finance has appointed Ann Geater as a relationship manager within its invoice finance...

Starling Bank fined £29m for systems and controls failings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Starling Bank Limited £28,959,426 for financial crime...

Saffron BS cuts rates and adds new contractor and self-employed options

Saffron for Intermediaries has made rate reductions across its complete product range and also...

MPowered Mortgages cuts three-year fixed rates

MPowered Mortgages has reduced its three-year fixed rate range available to new borrowers. Its lowest...

Triple Point Private Credit secures new funding for MT Finance

Triple Point Private Credit has helped to secure £40 million in corporate revolving credit...

Molo now offering two-years deals from 2.99%

Molo Finance has introduced a third tier of product fees across its UK resident...

Aldermore provides £13.1m loan for Dundee PBSA build

Aldermore Bank has provided a £13.1m loan for the development of a new build...

Bridging lender opens two new offices

Black & White Bridging is opening two new offices this week. It is expanding...

Smart Money People launches vulnerability survey

24 lenders, mortgage clubs, networks, and industry bodies have collaborated with Smart Money People...

Nationwide acquires Virgin Money

Nationwide Building Society has completed its acquisition of Virgin Money. Together, the organisations will be...

Beverley Building Society appoints head of new business

Stuart Bryce has joined Beverley Building Society as its head of new business. Bryce...

COMMENT

Taking the anxiety out of finance

It’s an anxious time for mortgage borrowers. A recent study by Handelsbanken Wealth found that the proportion of UK adults apprehensive about making mortgage...

Cashback should put conveyancing into the advice conversation

One of the more interesting findings from our latest quarterly statistics was the position of Nationwide Building Society, which accounted for 25% of all...

Why ownership structure matters in buy-to-let

It's a scenario brokers encounter every day. Two landlord clients approach them about the same type of buy-to-let property, with similar levels of equity...

You own the shares, but are you really just the custodian?

I've built three businesses and I've said the same thing most entrepreneurs have probably said to their mates and family at some point: "Give...

The FCA protection market study shouldn’t ignore redundancy

Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...

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Rental market divides as London supply squeeze drives up rents

Average advertised rents outside London have exceeded £1,400 a month for the first time,...

More homes within reach but 5% mortgage rates hold buyers back

More than half of two and three-bedroom houses are now within reach of households...

Lenders Live: Flexible lending, fees and remortgage surge

Building societies should use technology to improve service while retaining the flexibility that helps...

High-value homes and London flats face tougher selling conditions

Properties valued at £2 million or more are taking more than twice as long...

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