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Capital Advances hires experienced underwriter

Helen Farmer has joined Capital Advances to help service increased business levels from its...

Bridgebank Capital launches 0.85% deal

Bridgebank Capital has unveiled a new residential investment buy-to-let bridging product for experienced property...

Plenty of deals outside London, says bridger

Bridging lenders are concentrating on deals in London and so are missing out on...

What’s the main priority for brokers when selecting a bridger?

Bridging has become a key investment and project facilitating source of finance, assisting borrowers...

“Blistering” start to year for Crystal Mortgages

Crystal Mortgages has reported commercial finance application numbers between January to March higher than...

Dragonfly turns around £1.2m bridge for Positive Lending client

Dragonfly Property Finance has completed a £1.2m bridging loan in three days, preventing a...

Shawbrook appoints new Strategic Partner

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Commercial Mortgage Desk (CMD) to its Strategic Partner programme. With...

Tough Mudder challenge for Masthaven boss

Andrew Bloom, managing director of Masthaven Group Ltd, the bridging and second charge lenders,...

New member for the ASTL

Watts Bridging Finance has joined the ASTL as a full member with effect from...

Bridgebank Capital unveils mobile site

Bridgebank Capital has launched its new mobile website with a redeveloped application platform. The lender's...

UTB hires HR chief

United Trust Bank has appointed Georgie Reisser-Weston as head of human resources. Reisser-Weston (pictured)...

Brian Baker joins Hope Capital

Hope Capital has appointed Brian Baker to the newly created position of head of...

The only way is up (still)

The bridging and short term property finance sector experienced a period of steady and...

Shawbrook hires STL manager

Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division has recruited Andy Thurston to the position of short...

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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