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Q4 – Are you ready?

As we enter quarter four of 2014, in what is historically the busiest time...

“Full house” for Complete FS’s Lender Expo

Complete FS held its 11th annual Expo with lender sponsors and over 100 intermediaries...

Shawbrook reveals August service levels

Shawbrook Bank has published its Service Level Agreement (SLA) metrics for August. Despite a...

3mc to distribute Aldermore’s bridging proposition

3mc has added Aldermore to its bridging panel and will offer brokers either a...

Business boost for Roma Finance

Roma Finance has reported a 32% rise in bridging over the past quarter. The specialist...

ASTL hails conference as “great success”

The Association of Short Term Lenders has revealed that the number of attendees at...

Significant milestone reached by Vantage Finance

Vantage Finance is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this month. The master broker was established...

Brightstar sponsors Sepsis Trust charity ball

Last Friday saw celebrities, supporters and those affected by Sepsis coming together on UK...

Hope Capital offers enhanced proc fee

Short-term lender Hope Capital is offering a 50% enhanced procuration fee from 23 September...

Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the cheapest of them all?

Sounds crass I know, but my Fincorp colleagues and I have recently been developing...

Bridgebank Capital to become two brands

Bridgebank Capital has confirmed it is to launch a new 'split brand' this week. ...

New member for the ASTL

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has recruited new member Market Financial Solutions....

Fraud cop to address ASTL conference

Detective Chief Inspector, Andy Fyfe, whose role it is to investigate and bring to...

New face at Hope Capital

Hope Capital has recruited a new business development manager, Danny Power. This is...

COMMENT

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

Home and away: How appetite for UK property is rising

Conflicts in Ukraine and now the Middle East are a reminder that the catastrophic impact of war is not confined to war zones.   The...

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Latest news

CII says vulnerability management can help firms grow

The Chartered Insurance Institute has said firms can use stronger vulnerability management to expand...

Royal London wins approval to offer Targeted Support

Royal London has received regulatory approval to provide Targeted Support, becoming one of the...

Together expands second charge range into commercial sector

Together has launched a new suite of commercial and semi-commercial second charge products as...

HTB launches ‘Flow’ range with rates from 5.54%

Hampshire Trust Bank has introduced ‘Flow’ - a new buy-to-let tier with rates starting...

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