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Navigating the unregulated bridging market: trends and opportunities

The unregulated bridging finance sector has traditionally catered to three primary needs: developer exit...

OSB Group promotions to focus on bridging and commercial demand

OSB Group has announced promotions within its sales teams to "strengthen its expertise and...

Market Financial Solutions joins PRIMIS panel

Market Financial Solutions has been added to PRIMIS panel of lenders. PRIMIS’ network of intermediaries...

TMA lender panel expands with addition of Lendco

TMA has added Lendco to its lender panel. With immediate effect, TMA intermediaries can now...

Market Harborough BS cuts rates and relaxes criteria

Market Harborough Building Society has made new year changes to its mortgage offering. The mutual...

Looking ahead to the bridging market in 2025

As we step into 2025, the UK bridging market is gearing up for another...

2025 forecast for the bridging market

As we move into 2025, the bridging finance sector continues to prove its value...

Hope Capital expands Shawbrook funding facility

Hope Capital has secured additional funding from Shawbrook Bank, which is reveals is in...

£725k raised for children with cancer at industry event

The recent Children with Cancer UK’s Gala Dinner, which was sponsored by Market Financial...

Our journey in 2024’s bridging market

As we close the chapter on 2024, the UK bridging finance sector has demonstrated...

Funding 365 reveals new head of relationship management

Funding 365 has announced the promotion of Allegra Sykes to head of relationship management. Sykes...

HTB appoints bridging BDM for Anglia and Midlands

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has bolstered its bridging team with the appointment of Daniel...

Keep the dream alive with bridging

The bridging market continues to deliver on helping clients achieve their goals in the...

Private equity firm takes minority stake in United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank (UTB) has revealed that an agreement has been reached between its...

COMMENT

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

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...

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Price cuts signal more competitive market for brokers

House sellers have made the biggest June price reduction in 14 years as higher...

Royal London pays record £821m in protection claims 

Royal London paid a record £821m in protection claims during 2025, supporting more than...

TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

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