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New member for the ASTL

Signature Private Finance has become the ASTL’s latest member. The firm offers a range of...

United Trust Bank unveils refurbishment bridging product

United Trust Bank has launched a new short term refurbishment product aimed at...

Masthaven Bridging completes £1.6m deal

Masthaven and First4Bridging have joined forces to secure a £1.6 million bridging loan. The loan...

Montello continues to grow loan book

Montello Finance has said it is lending over £250m a year. The London firm claims...

UTB offers ‘best of British’ competition

Brokers visiting United Trust Bank’s stand at the NACFB Commercial Finance Expo will have...

FCA mortgage manager to keynote ASTL conference

Lynda Blackwell, the Financial Conduct Authority's manager of its mortgages sector team is to...

Hope Capital hires HR specialist

Hope Capital has appointed its second new member of support staff in the past...

SCF expands commercial and bridging team

Specialist Commercial Finance (SCF) has announced the appointment of Wes Friedel to its commercial...

New website for Brightstar

Brightstar Financial has launched its new website band has also reached the milestone of...

Borro to host World Cup event

Borro is hosting an intermediary networking event for the start of the 2014 World...

How bridging finance is supporting BTL growth

The buy to let sector continues to show significant growth, in direct correlation to...

Aldermore joins the ASTL

Aldermore has become the newest member of the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL). The...

“Dramatic” quarterly rise in bridging applications

There has been an 83% increase in applications for bridging loans in the first...

Aldermore reveals bridging proposition

Aldermore is moving into the bridging market, with products to be offered through the...
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COMMENT

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...

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CII says vulnerability management can help firms grow

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

Royal London wins approval to offer Targeted Support

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

Together expands second charge range into commercial sector

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

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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