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ASTL: bridging loans books at all-time high

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has reported that its members' bridging loan...

FIBA expands lender panel

The Financial Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA) has announced the addition of Onyx Money...

MFS extends bridging rate freeze to Q4

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has extended the freeze on its bridging rates until October,...

HTB appoints business development director for bridging

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced an internal promotion from its specialist mortgage team...

West One hails July as record month for originations

West One Loans has reported a record month for originations in July. The specialist lender...

One Mortgage System joins ASTL

One Mortgage System (OMS) has become the latest professional organisation to join the Association...

Roma Finance introduces Flow Desk

Roma Finance has launched Flow Desk in response to demand for short term lending. ...

Assetz Capital provides £2.75m dev exit facility

Assetz Capital has reported a recent agreement for a development exit loan in Frome,...

InterBay launches Select Partners for bridging

InterBay has launched Select Partners, a new partner proposition which offers exclusive access to...

Brokers become less pessimistic moving into H2

New research from Crystal Specialist Finance has revealed how mortgage brokers viewed the market...

Spring Finance secures third bridging funding line

Spring Finance (Spring) has announced that it has recently completed on a funding line...

ASTL unveils latest associate member

MJ Group has become the latest professional organisation to join the Association of Short...

Alternative Bridging hires underwriting head

Alternative Bridging Corporation has appointed Claire O’Brien as head of underwriting. O’Brien (pictured), who...

Bridging for BTL clients

In the current economic climate of rising interest rates and ongoing uncertainty in the...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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