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Suros Capital funds renovation of student flats within 24 hours

Suros Capital has provided a fast funding solution for a client who needed a...

Market Financial Solutions extends institutional funding line

Market Financial Solutions has renegotiated and extended an institutional funding line worth £1.5 billion...

Finova Broker adds Norton Broker Services to club panel

Norton Broker Services has been added to the finova Payment & Mortgage Services’ (fPMS)...

Hope Capital partners with DeskVal for quicker turnarounds

Hope Capital has teamed up with DeskVal to offer a new, "instant" automated system...

Leveraging commercial finance in a positive market

The commercial property market in the UK is showing signs of resilience and growth....

Inspired Lending provides business cashflow with £500k loan

Inspired Lending has funded a £500,000 capital raise to support a business owner's cashflow...

Whistleblower laments regulatory failures over Tiuta collapse

A whistleblower has accused the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and its successor, the Financial...

Glenhawk expands BDM team

Glenhawk has appointed Alex Robertson and Harleigh French to lead its internal telephone business...

Hilco completes £17m bridge for London developer

Bridging lender Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has provided a property developer with a...

KSEYE launches festive rate cut offer

Bridging lender, KSEYE, has introduced a seasonal special offer with reduced rates across its...

Rise expected in bridging capital investment

The recent BDLA Annual Conference heard the view that capital investment in bridging lending...

Suros Capital funds private school fee VAT liability

Suros Capital has helped parents fund the VAT that the government has added to...

Black & White Bridging supports St Helens’ tyre garage growth

Black & White Bridging has helped Stone Tyres fulfil its expansion plans with a...

Aspen provides foreign national with £7.8m residential bridge

Aspen has provided finance for a high net worth individual with a £7,825,000 residential...

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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Dudley BS reports record mortgage lending after broker investment

Dudley Building Society has reported record gross mortgage lending of £130.9 million in its...

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...

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