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Bridging and loan growth for Enterprise Finance

Enterprise Finance has claimed that in the first half of this year the number...

Dragonfly appoints credit manager

Brian Levin has joined Dragonfly Property Finance as credit manager. He was previously...

Masthaven Property Lending gets FSA authorisation

A subsidiary of Masthaven Group has gained FSA authorisation. Masthaven Property Lending has obtained authorisation...

Precise Mortgages’ commission boost from Positive Lending

Positive Lending is to pay introducers 1.50% for all completed Precise Mortgages' bridging business...

West One Loans appoints BDM

West One Loans has has appointed Keir Morris as a business development manager (BDM). He...

Precise added to Paradigm bridging panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has expanded its bridging lender panel following the addition of Precise...

New hire for United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank has appointed Bradley Illman to its case management team. He is...

The ASTL must drive the bridging industry forward

We need an active and dynamic trade association, writes Steven Nicholas, chief executive of...

UTB announces iPad winner

United Trust Bank has revealed the winner of its latest broker survey prize draw. Bryan...

New chief executive for the ASTL

Benson Hersch has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of the Association...

New funding for Tiuta

Tiuta says it has secured a major new funding arrangement. This follows the news that...

UTB sales manager goes the extra (four) miles for charity

Gerard Morgan Jackson, sales manager at United Trust Bank, has completed a 64-mile London...

West One reveals Vegas competition winners

West One Loans has announced the winners of its competition for 10 brokers to...

Dragonfly to offer regulated loans

Dragonfly Property Finance has received FSA approval and will accept regulated business from 1...

COMMENT

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...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

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