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Provide Finance celebrates continued growth one year after launch

Provide Finance, the platform to source and secure specialist finance solutions, has reported a...

Hope Capital sponsors local community football team

Liverpool-based bridging lender, Hope Capital, has announced sponsorship of local football programme, Sefton Schoolgirls. The...

Somo reaches thousandth loan milestone

Specialist lending firm Somo Bridging has this week reached the milestone of repaying 1,000...

Suros partners with Aston Martin Owners Club

Luxury asset lender Suros Capital has been chosen as specialist lending partner to the...

Kuflink achieves B Corp certification

Kuflink, the Kent based short-term lender and P2P platform, has announced that it has...

UTB and Fluent Bridging provide £1.6m regulated bridge for downsizers

United Trust Bank (UTB) and Fluent Bridging have delivered a £1.6m regulated bridging loan...

Shawbrook agrees new five-year sponsorship deal with Saracens

Specialist bank Shawbrook and English professional rugby union club Saracens have agreed a new...

MT Finance makes board appointment

MT Finance has announced the appointment of Shyam Kotecha to the board of directors...

Alternative Bridging Corporation hires head of property

Alternative Bridging Corporation has announced the recruitment of James Ansher as head of property. ...

Black & White Bridging appoints marketing & comms manager

Specialist bridging lender Black & White Bridging has appointed Matt Horton to the role...

Aspen completes £1.75m quick bridge for foreign national

Aspen Bridging has helped an American foreign-national secure their latest high-end London investment property...

Roma Finance unveils new leadership team

Short-term lender Roma Finance has announced the creation of its new leadership team. Following further...

Hope Capital cuts rates on deals over £1m

Hope Capital has reduced rates on all cases over £1 million. The specialist short-term lender’s...

Mint Property Finance appoints head of sales

Specialist finance lender, Mint Property Finance, has welcomed Steve Smith to the business as...

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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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First-time buyers turning to side hustles to bridge deposit gap

Almost half of aspiring first-time buyers are using secondary income streams to help fund...

Vida cuts residential rates and loosens criteria for self-employed and contractor borrowers

Vida has reduced selected residential mortgage rates by up to 106 basis points and...

Iress adds AI underwriting tool to The Exchange in protection push

Iress has struck a deal with The Interesting Life Company to offer an AI-powered...

Property firms still relying on manual checks as AI fraud risk grows

More than half of identity verification checks in UK finance and property businesses are...

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