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Alternative Bridging cuts Alternative Overdraft rates

Alternative Bridging Corporation has cut the rates on its Alternative Overdraft drawdown product by...

Roma Finance launches RomaFLOW deals and desktop vals

Short-term lender, Roma Finance, has launched a RomaFLOW bridging product range and desktop valuations. ...

Mercantile Trust introduces Express Bridge

Mercantile Trust has launched a new bridging finance option for when speed is crucial. ...

Orbis Protect joins ASTL

Orbis Protect, a provider of vacant property, asset security and people protection services, has...

Hope Capital unveils new auction proposition

Hope Capital has unveiled a new offer designed for auction purchases. The lender is reducing...

Hope Capital simplifies product proposition

Short-term lender, Hope Capital, has streamlined its proposition to make it easier for brokers...

Somo becomes NACFB patron

Somo Bridging has become a patron lender of the National Association of Commercial Finance...

UTB makes two bridging servicing appointments

United Trust Bank (UTB) has made two new appointments in its bridging servicing team. Adetayo...

Shawbrook provides fast £80k bridging refinance

Shawbrook has provided an unregulated bridging loan to support a client seeking to raise...

Envelop reports longer-term specialist business uplift from rebrand

Envelop has reported a "substantial" uplift in the amount of longer-term specialist business written...

Black & White Bridging appoints director of business development

Black & White Bridging has announced the appointment of bridging professional, Danny Power, as...

A specialist approach to bolstering revenue shortfalls

The housing and mortgage markets continue to generate a huge amount of column inches,...

Hampshire Trust Bank finances £800k semi-commercial bridge

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has facilitated a £800k semi-commercial bridging loan which allows the...

Mercantile Trust funds £65k bridge in three days

Mercantile Trust, the specialist bridging and buy-to-let lender, has provided a bridging facility in...
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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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Fleet cuts five-year buy-to-let fixes and widens 75% LTV options

Fleet Mortgages has cut pricing on selected five-year fixed buy-to-let products and expanded its...
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HSBC UK cuts mortgage rates by up to 25bps across residential and buy-to-let range

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across parts of its residential and buy-to-let range,...
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Stamp Duty receipts rise as lower threshold pulls more buyers into tax net

Homebuyers paid £15.2bn in Stamp Duty Land Tax in 2025-26, up 9.2% on the...
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The Dudley begins broker portal roll-out as it overhauls intermediary systems

Dudley Building Society has begun a phased roll-out of a new intermediary portal to...

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