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Sharp rise in bridging loan demand

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has reported that the value of bridging...

Pair join Together’s commercial team

Together has announced two appointments to its commercial team. David Walsh (pictured, centre) has joined as...

The bridging price war will continue

It has been, shall we say, an interesting start to the new year particularly...

Expansion plans at BFS

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) is planning to double turnover for the third year running. Last year was...

Shawbrook completes urgent bridge in three days

Shawbrook Bank's commercial mortgages has stepped in to provide a vital bridging loan for a client...

New head of sales for Mint Bridging

Mint Bridging has hired Sinead Moynihan as its new head of sales. Before joining...

New Shawbrook Academy schedule published

Shawbrook Bank has announced a new series of its Shawbrook Academy events for advisers. The...

Roma Finance aids £1m basement conversion

Roma Finance has come to the rescue of a customer, who had been let down...

New associate member for ASTL

Begbies Traynor has become the latest associate member to join the Association of Short...

New bridging rates from Octopus Property

Octopus Property has made rates reductions on its bridging loan range across all major LTV bandings....

Record 2016 for Crystal Specialist Finance

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has reported that in 2016 issued terms were up 81%, completed...

BFS unveils its lowest bridging rate yet

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has announced that its rates will start from 0.75% per...

Castle Trust joins AOBP

Castle Trust has joined the Association of Bridging Professionals (AOBP) as an Associate Lender. It...

Bridging lender unveils 0.55% deal

Bridging lender Signature Private Finance has launched a new 0.55% per month product, with...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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