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Together appoints commercial operations manager

Specialist lender Together has appointed Lesley Gardner as its new commercial operations manager. Gardner (pictured)...

AOBP completes executive committee make-up

The Association of Bridging Professionals (AOBP) has appointed a fourth new member, Jordan McBriar,...

Law firms joins the ASTL

JPC Law, a commercial and private client practice, has joined the Association of Short...

Quantum Funding makes northern hire

Quantum Funding has appointed Rob Emmison as broker manager to increase regional support for...

Martin Gilsenan joins development finance lender

Martin Gilsenan has joined Iron Bridge Finance as its new director of sales. He will report...

CSF and Together complete fast bridge

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has completed a £600,000 bridging loan with Together in six...

Record month for bridging lender

West One Loans has reported that it lent £62m in June, a new record...

Bridging lenders remain positive about prospects

The Association of Short Term Lenders' (ASTL) latest sentiment survey has found that members...

Bridging introducer partners with Brightstar

Bridging Loan Hub will act as an introducer to Brightstar Financial for bridging, development and...

InterBay unveils bridging proposition

InterBay Commercial is to provide residential and commercial bridging finance for property investors.  Rates...

SaaS firm joins ASTL as associate member

BrightOffice has joined the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) as its latest associate...

2017 FP Show opens for registration

The Finance Professional Show (FP Show) will take place on 8 November at Olympia in...

Octane Capital completes on limited building coverage deal

Octane Capital has completed a £650,000 bridging loan for the purchase of an industrial unit...

Bridging Finance Solutions appoints head of sales

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has appointed John Hardman has its new head of sales. Hardman...

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Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust health of demand in the commercial market. Around 95% of the...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

URGENT! AI Is coming for you. Or maybe not…

I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

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Hope Capital targets refurb market with high-LTV bridging product

Hope Capital has launched a new bridging loan product offering 75% net initial advance. It...

Savvy summer sellers deliver strongest July sales since 2020

July delivered the highest number of sales agreed for this month since 2020 as...

Newcastle for Intermediaries removes age cap on standard repayment mortgages

Newcastle for Intermediaries has abolished the maximum age limit for the repayment of standard...

Rising cost of living could stall housing market activity

The rising cost of living remains the most pressing concern for Britons and could...