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Business exceeding expectations for brokers

45% of brokers who operate in the bridging, development finance and asset finance...

ASTL appoints new executive committee

The Association of Short Term Lenders’ (ASTL) has appointed its new executive committee. Three...

Enterprise Finance acquires bridging lender

Enterprise Finance has announced its acquisition of bridging lender West One Loans. The transaction was...

New seminar theatres for Financial Services Expo

Financial Services Expo (FSE) London has announced a range of new seminar theatres to...

Bridging lending nearly doubles in 12 months

The Association of Short Term Lenders’ (ASTL) has published its latest quarterly figures...

The role of bridging in Bank Refinance Settlement opportunities

Following the rapid decline in the UK property sector from 2008, and the related...

Target wins Chaseblue Loans contract

Loan and mortgage broker software provider Target bluechip has secured a contract to supply...

Alpha Bridging recruits chairman

Short-term lender Alpha Bridging has announced the appointment of Kenneth Hillen as chairman. Hillen has...

Shawbrook appoints lending manager

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Kynan Benjamin as a lending manager in the commercial...

Property investment better than gold

West One Loans has claimed that property bridging loans have provided investors with the...

Complete FS celebrates 21st birthday

Complete FS is celebrating its 21st birthday at its 11th annual Expo, to be...

New brand identity for TFC Homeloans

TFC Homeloans has unveiled a new brand identity across its website and communications. The...

Hope Capital on expansion drive

Bridging lender Hope Capital is planning to open a London office and recruit another...

Omni funds Chelsea Harbour development

Omni Capital's structured finance division has completed a £48 million bridging loan to fund...

COMMENT

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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Foundation refreshes buy-to-let range with new products and rate cuts

Foundation has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range with new products and rate reductions across...

MorganAsh urges financial services firms to improve support for unpaid carers

MorganAsh has backed a new Carers UK blueprint aimed at building more carer-friendly communities,...

Family BS strengthens intermediary team with BDM appointment

Family Building Society has appointed Sam Byrne as business development manager for the northern...

Buckinghamshire cuts rates across credit repair ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has reduced selected rates across its Credit Revive and Credit Restore...

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