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HTB trims bridging rates by 10bps

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced a 10 basis point cut across its full...

MT Finance breaks 3% barrier with BTL rate cut

Specialist lender MT Finance has announced a reduction in rates across its buy-to-let range,...

Aspen completes £1.575m no-valuation bridge in nine days

Aspen Bridging has delivered a £1,575,000 no-valuation bridging loan in nine days to support...

Bridging finance proves more resilient than buy-to-let in high-rate environment

Bridging finance has shown greater resilience than buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages amid elevated interest rates,...

Paragon urges phased EPC reforms to avert rental sector disruption

Paragon Bank has called on the government to reconsider its proposed timetable for mandatory...

Monmouthshire Building Society adopts AI tech to accelerate mortgage approvals

Monmouthshire Building Society has announced a partnership with mortgage technology firm MQube in a...

Leeds BS cuts mortgage rates ahead of MPC decision

Leeds Building Society has announced rate reductions of up to 20 basis points across...

Countrywide Surveying Services launches data-driven engine for faster, smarter valuations

Countrywide Surveying Services has unveiled a new valuation decisioning platform aimed at transforming the...

OMS and Monument Technology join forces to deliver integrated lending platform

One Mortgage System (OMS) has partnered with Monument Technology in a move designed to...

StreamBank expands regional reach with new BDM for Midlands, Wales and the West

Specialist lender StreamBank has appointed Amy Robinson as business development manager for the Midlands,...

SM Advice launches BSL-translated social media service to tackle financial exclusion among the deaf community

SM Advice, a specialist social media management firm for financial services professionals, has launched...

HSBC narrows product switch window in phased move

HSBC has confirmed it is continuing with its phased reduction to the product switch...

Housing affordability crisis deepens for FTBs as stamp duty changes take toll

A sharp rise in the number of first-time buyer homes now subject to stamp...

Bridge Help bolsters business development team

Bridge Help has expanded its business development team with the appointment of Daisy Wilson,...

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Accountants, brokers and the clash of expectations

There’s an old accountant’s joke about financial advisers: the difference between us is that advisers want to look richer than their clients, while accountants...

Rachel Geddes: Redefining what’s possible for brokers and borrowers

When Rachel Geddes picked up the phone after a job interview to ask her mum what a mortgage was, she didn’t realise she was...

The Treasury is casting more floaters than a sewage farm

The problem with having a thoroughly inexperienced Chancellor and a properly ‘woodenheaded’ Prime Minister, is that they are learning the job ‘on the hoof’...

HMOs: market realities, future prospects, and the broker opportunity

The HMO sector remains one of the most dynamic parts of the private rented market, with recent data showing it’s both a significant asset...

Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

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Rents hit new record as landlords brace for fresh regulation

The average advertised rent across Great Britain rose to a record £1,577 a month...

Skipton teams up with Age UK to support older people through cost of living crisis

Skipton Building Society has partnered with Age UK to deliver a national programme aimed...

Alps joins Open GI platform with landlord protection products

Alps, the managing general agent specialising in insurance add-on policies and claims solutions, has...

Acre teams up with FP Surveying to launch one-click survey service

Acre has launched a new surveying service in partnership with FP Surveying, aiming to...