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Bridging finance momentum shows up in Knowledge Bank broker search data

Broker search behaviour on Knowledge Bank suggests bridging finance is playing an increasingly central...

Together bolsters corporate portfolio team with senior banking hires

Property lender Together has expanded its Corporate Portfolio team as it continues to scale...

Falling swap rates lift funding outlook for property market

Falling swap rates are improving funding conditions for property borrowers and point to a...

Chetwood Bank names George Gee as mortgages chief

Chetwood Bank has appointed George Gee as managing director of its mortgages division, bringing...

Sirius completes £18.4m portfolio refinance in Greater Manchester

Sirius Finance has completed an £18.4m refinance of a mixed-use property portfolio across Greater...

UTB appoints commercial director for mortgages, buy-to-let and bridging

United Trust Bank has appointed Andrew Ferguson to a newly created commercial director role...

Quantum Mortgages set to expand into specialist residential lending

Quantum Mortgages is preparing to enter the specialist residential mortgage market, extending its lending...

Big restructure at Afin Bank as leaders head for pastures new

Afin Bank is restructuring its senior management team after key players James Briggs and...

BDLA backs FCA review of regulated bridging loan term limits

The Bridging and Development Lenders Association (BDLA) has welcomed a move by the Financial...

Q&A: Richard Harrison, Atom bank

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Richard Harrison, head of mortgages at Atom bank. Mortgage...

StreamBank streamlines bridging range into three simplified categories

StreamBank has overhauled its bridging proposition, introducing a simplified three-part structure designed to make...

HTB finalises £6m refinance on complex London portfolio

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £6 million refinance for an experienced landlord...

Hanley Economic widens lending criteria to reflect modern working patterns

Hanley Economic Building Society has refreshed its residential lending criteria, aiming to accommodate a...

West One strengthens mortgage division with trio of senior hires

West One Loans has expanded its mortgage division with three appointments as the lender...
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The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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