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Death announced of former ASTL CEO

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has confirmed the death of Benson Hersch,...

Castle Trust extends term product rate discount

Castle Trust Bank is extending the 0.25 percentage point rate reduction on its term...

West One relaunches offering with wider distribution

West One Loans, which until now distributed its products through a limited network of key relationships, is widening...

MFS to be FIBA 2021 conference lead sponsor

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has been announced as the lead sponsor of The Financial...

Hope Capital extends Seventies Collection availability 

Bridging lender Hope Capital is extending the availability of its revamped Seventies Collection products...

Bridging completions rebound in third quarter

Data from the Association of Short-Term Lenders (ASTL) has shown that bridging applications reached...

First 4 Bridging hires head of intermediary relations

Erica Pearce has been appointed as head of intermediary relations at First 4 Bridging...

Two new faces at VIBE Finance

Specialist finance broker, VIBE Finance, has announced the appointment of Craig Smith as a...

Roma Finance joins the Loan Partnership panel

Specialist lender Roma Finance has become the latest lender to be added to the...

Two new marketing hires at Hope Capital

Bridging lender Hope Capital has appointed Emily Crowe as PR and social media executive and Kevin...

MT Finance joins Knowledge Bank platform

MT Finance's short-term loan criteria in now available on the Knowledge Bank platform. Knowledge Bank...

Aspen offers rate cut Xmas promo

Aspen Bridging is proving a rate of 0.54% on all deals completed between 24...

Catalyst ups day-one value refurbishment lending limit

Specialist bridging lender Catalyst Property Finance has increased its refurbishment allowance to 100% of...

Roma Finance joins Optimum Elite panel

Optimum Commercial has added specialist bridging, development and buy-to-let lender, Roma Finance, to its...

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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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Pepper Money urges reform of shared ownership scheme

Specialist lender Pepper Money has presented a white paper to Downing Street calling for...

Landlords sceptical as planning reforms fail to shift sentiment

Government efforts to overhaul the planning system have been met with scepticism by landlords...

Lifetime ISA under fire as HMRC research reveals flaws for first-time buyers

Fresh research by HM Revenue & Customs has cast renewed doubt on the effectiveness...

The Darlington to host webinar on supporting vulnerable customers

Darlington Building Society is to host a free CPD-accredited webinar for brokers on how...