Specialist

ASTL grows associate member numbers

Valuation Audit Services (VAS) has become the Association of Short Term Lenders' (ASTL) latest...

Strong six months for Signature

Short-term property finance provider Signature Private Finance has reported a trebling of its loan...

Hope Capital grows lending by 50%

Hope Capital has increased its lending by 50% in the first half of 2016,...

Complete FS outlines its expo plans

Complete FS is to hold its 14th annual Specialist Lender Expo at the Meon...

CSF sees 127% rise in completions

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) issued terms on £509.7m worth of business from April to...

Brokers reveal most important factors in a lender

Turnaround times and support from business development managers (BDMs) are the most important factors...

Bridging the Brexit gap

Despite the sense of growing uncertainty in the light of Britain’s shock Brexit vote,...

Roma Finance secures RBS funding line

Roma Finance has secured a major three-year revolving credit facility and securitisation from The Royal Bank...

FSE London registration begins

Registration to attend the Financial Services Expo (FSE) London is now open. The event will take...

CSF appoints key account manager

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has appointed Dan Morris as key account manager and has...

Bridging lender confidence dented by Brexit vote

Confidence amongst bridging lenders fell noticeably in an ASTL poll taken in the week immediately following...

New sales & marketing head at First 4 Bridging

First 4 Bridging has announced the appointment of Michelle Douglas as its new head of...

Shawbrook introduces bridging fixed rates

Shawbrook Commercial Mortgages has updated its pricing for short term and regulated bridging product...

Borro becomes full member of the ASTL

Borro has upgraded its associate membership to become a full member of the Association...

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...

Latest news

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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