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Bridging industry positive despite election uncertainty

Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) members are confident despite speculation on how future policies...

LMC finances £3.2m company rebridge

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation (LMC) has facilitated a £3.2 million limited company re-bridge for broker partner Brightstar...

West One completed £80m in Q1

West One Loans has grown its loan book to £200m. The lender said it...

Nigel Payne to lead TFC Homeloans

Industry veteran Nigel Payne has joined specialist distributor TFC Homeloans as its managing director. In...

Strong Q1 for Amicus

Amicus Finance has revealed that it completed £67m worth of completions in the first quarter...

SJW Property Finance beats first year targets

Manchester-based property firm SJW Property Finance says its first year of trading has exceeded...

First Merchant joins ASTL

First Merchant has joined the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) as an associate...

New range and rate reductions from Masthaven

Bridging lender Masthaven Finance has changed its product offering and improved lending options. New products include: Lending...

Crystal Mortgages rebrands to highlight core markets

Midlands-based Crystal Mortgages has rebranded to Crystal Specialist Finance. It is highlighting five distinctive...

Roz Cawood joins Lendinvest

Lendinvest has announced that Roz Cawood has joined as national account manager. She joins from...

New bridging report launched

Bridging finance participants have launched a new report highlighting the latest trends shaping the...

Robert Owen joins United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank has appointed industry veteran Robert Owen as director of specialist mortgages. ...

Aldermore improves bridging proposition

Aldermore is offering discounted valuation fees and increased procuration fees for brokers in bridging...

Roma Finance appoints lending manager

Bridging finance provider Roma Finance has promoted Daniel Hill to the position of lending manager.  Hill (pictured) has worked at Roma...

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What the agents say: 2026 housing market predictions

Next year should be a year of steady progress for the housing market. After a challenging 2025 where we saw little to no house...

Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market

When Graham McClelland, the youthful and quietly intense chief executive of Gen H, arrived at the City of London office of the fast-growing mortgage...

Younger consumers are ready for protection. So why aren’t we reaching them?

For years, the protection market has assumed that younger adults are less engaged with financial risk planning. Yet the latest findings from Bruised Britain...

The buy-to-let market continues to defy expectations

Perception and reality are often mistaken for one another. That is especially true in the buy-to-let market, where sentiment frequently diverges from what is...

Advisers are missing a clear chance to help clients with survey advice

For years, advisers have often seen surveys as something outside their core work. Some did not know enough about them. Some were unsure how...

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MPs launch inquiry into OBR’s first 15 years

The Treasury Committee has launched an inquiry to reflect on the Office for Budget...

Atom backs investor’s move into commercial property with £3m warehouse loan

Atom bank has completed a £3 million commercial mortgage to support an established residential...

CHL Mortgages widens upper LTV range with new fixed-rate options

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has expanded its upper loan-to-value range with a series of...

Swansea Building Society expands West Wales leadership remit

Swansea Building Society has promoted Sioned Jones to area manager, West Wales, with effect...

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