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Alternative Bridging makes underwriting department promotion

Alternative Bridging Corporation has promoted Robert Seymour to the position of senior underwriter. Seymour...

OSB Group makes internal promotions within sales team

OSB Group has made changes to its sales team with a pair of internal...

KSEYE partners with LDN to complete £4.2m residential bridge

KSEYE and broker firm LDN Finance have completed a £4.2 million residential bridging loan...

Aspen completes £6.5m Reigate development exit bridge

Aspen Bridging has provided a £6.5m development exit bridging loan to experienced developers, enabling...

Hope Capital revamps service offering

Hope Capital has stated that it has made "significant" upgrades to its service proposition...

Q&A: Marios Theophanous, London Credit

BestAdvice fires the questions at Marios Theophanous, credit manager at London Credit. BestAdvice (BA): The...

Promotion for UTB’s Illman

United Trust Bank (UTB) has promoted bridging specialist Bradley Illman to the role of...

Aspen completes complex refurbishment bridge

A heavy works conversion in Cheltenham as well as a church redevelopment and nearby...

Black & White Bridging to upskill workforce using CPSP

Black & White Bridging has committed to upskill its entire workforce over the next...

London Credit speeds up completions by factor of three

Bridging lender, London Credit, has substantially improved its year-on-year completion times. London Credit has...

Rob Collins returns to Sirius Finance

Sirius Finance has announced that one of its founding directors, Rob Collins, has returned...

Trade body opposes FCA’s ‘name and shame’ plans

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has opposed proposals by the FCA that...

InterBay provides £4.5m bridge

A recent bridging deal with InterBay through SPF Private Clients took three weeks from...

Mortimer Street Capital completes £4.1m development exit deal

Mortimer Street Capital has completed a £4.1m development exit bridging facility for a client...

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Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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The Monmouthshire gives more than £10k to flood-hit local community

Monmouthshire Building Society has donated more than £10,000 to residents, sports clubs and businesses...

Rent growth slows as house prices edge higher, with Middle East tensions clouding outlook

Private rent inflation eased again in March while UK house prices rose modestly in...

Gen H expands broker sales team with three BDM hires and internal promotion

Gen H has expanded its broker sales team with three new business development managers...

Detached homes dominate new lifetime mortgage lending in early 2026

Owners of detached properties accounted for more than four in 10 new lifetime mortgages...

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