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Roma Finance unveils service charter

Manchester-based bridging finance lender Roma Finance has introduced a new charter outlining the way...

TFC Homeloans and Precise offer masterclasses

Distributor TFC Homeloans is partnering with Precise Mortgages to offer 'specialist lending masterclasses'. The...

Brokers still being turned down by high street lenders

Developers are still turning to brokers for help having been turned down for funding...

Smart Money hires business development head

Smart Money has appointed Steve Pollard to the newly created role of head of...

New BDM hire for Dragonfly

Dragonfly Property Finance has recruited Daniel Parry as a regional business development manager in...

Ezbob expands product proposition

Short term commercial lender Ezbob has increased its maximum loan from £50,000 to £120,000...

Alpha Bridging to establish BDM team

Alpha Bridging has revealed plans to build a national sales team after recruiting business...

Bridging market still seeing 25% annual growth

The latest West One Bridging Index has found that the UK bridging market...

First 4 Bridging appoints managing director

Master broker First 4 Bridging has recruited Lorenzo Satchell as its new managing director. He...

New P2P personal asset lender unveiled

Unbolted, an online-only peer-to-peer lending platform that lets consumers use their high-value personal assets...

Do bridging lenders earn a fair reward for the risks they take?

Bridging and short term finance is effectively project facilitating capital, and not funding to...

Smart Money moves into bridging finance

Smart Money will be adding full bridging support for intermediaries to its services from...

Vantage Finance appoints head of sales

Vantage Finance has recruited Tim Bennett as its new head of sales. The packager says...

Wilkins Kennedy LLP joins the ASTL

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has recruited another new associate member, Wilkins...

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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...

Navigating HMO and MUFB complexity with confidence

Historically, larger Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and Multi-Unit Freehold Blocks (MUFBs) have often been avoided due to their complex layouts, individual planning requirements,...

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Suffolk Building Society introduces higher income multiples for renters

Suffolk Building Society has increased its maximum income multiple to 5.49 for applicants with...

Iress UK delivers double-digit earnings growth in strong half-year

Iress has reported a robust first half of 2025, with its UK business delivering...

Tembo launches Lifetime ISA bonus to boost first-time buyers’ deposits

Tembo has introduced a new incentive for first-time buyers, offering a 1% bonus on...

The Coventry trims mortgage rates after Bank cut

Coventry for intermediaries is cutting mortgage rates across its residential and buy-to-let ranges, with...