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West One Loans establishes ‘premier loan team’

West One Loans has set up a premier loan team to support intermediaries and...

Octane Capital appoints senior structured finance manager

Octane Capital has hired Rick Hollingsworth as its senior structured finance manager. He will report...

F4B restructures as sales director leaves

Finance 4 Business (F4B) has announced a restructuring of its leadership team and the...

Brightstar partners with The Right Mortgage & Protection Network

Brightstar Financial has joined up with The Right Mortgage & Protection Network to distribute...

Brokers’ top searches in September revealed

The latest Criteria Activity Tracker provided by Knowledge Bank has revealed the most searched...

Affirmative makes changes to underwriting and processing team

Affirmative Finance has made two internal promotions and announced a new appointment in the...

Masthaven Bank to hold charity sleepout at the Oval

Colleagues at Masthaven Bank are supporting their chosen charity, the youth homelessness organisation Depaul...

Oblix Capital completes £3.36m permitted development bridge

Oblix Capital has finalised a £3.36 million permitted development (PD bridge) situated in Leicester. The...

Central Bridging helps limited company client

Central Bridging has completed a £1,169,000 bridging loan in seven working days to redeem...

Tuscan Capital expands short-term product offering

Tuscan Capital has expanded its range of short-term property funding solutions with the addition...

New bridging lender enters the market

Interbridge Loans has unveiled a range of non-regulated bridging products for the residential and...

LendInvest launches Bridge to Term transition service

LendInvest has cut its rates across its bridging product range and introduced a new...

Kuflink completes bridge in four days

Kuflink has completed a £171,500 loan for a new borrower in four days, following...

Two new BDMs for United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank has appointed two new business development managers (BDMs) to its mortgages...

COMMENT

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

Government support is fundamental to market growth

We’ve seen another week of mainstream lenders reduce their rates with more reductions predicted this coming week. This shows more comfort and confidence around...

Bridging is a natural fit for a Shariah-compliant bridging provider

The UK bridging market is, in many ways, a natural fit for Shariah-compliant finance because both are fundamentally built around real assets, partnership structures...

Why relationships are becoming the mortgage industry’s most valuable asset

Information has never been more accessible, yet confidence in financial services remains relatively low. As technology continues to reshape the market, the value of...

Before brokers invest in AI, they need to ask the right questions

AI has moved quickly from industry talking point to commercial priority. For mortgage brokers, the question is no longer whether AI matters. It is...

Latest news

Atom bank cuts Prime mortgage rates by 15bps across full range

Atom bank has reduced rates across its Prime mortgage range by 15bps, with changes...

The Dudley cuts rates across residential, buy-to-let and expat ranges

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates across its residential, buy-to-let and expat mortgage products,...

Stamp Duty burden soars as tax threshold remains frozen at 2006 level

The Stamp Duty threshold at which homebuyers begin paying tax has remained unchanged since...

Gatehouse launches limited-edition HPPs and cuts selected BTL rates

Gatehouse Bank has introduced a range of limited-edition Home Purchase Plan and buy-to-let products...

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