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Bridging finance market shows resilience and efficiency gains in 2024

The UK bridging finance sector demonstrated strong performance in 2024, maintaining steady lending volumes...

Will NatWest open the floodgates as one of the first hight-street lenders to make rate changes?

Lenders are adjusting their offerings following the Bank of England’s rate cut last week...

Spring Finance acquires Masthaven Finance

Spring Finance's chief executive and owner, Andrew Bloom, has completed his acquisition of Masthaven...

David Ewing leaves Ingard after 25 years as network is sold to Glasgow-based firm

Network boss David Ewing has left Ingard after a quarter of a century to...

House prices hit record high as market sees early 2025 growth

UK house prices rose by 0.7% in January, reversing a 0.2% dip in December...

SortRefer reintroduces Sort Club loyalty scheme

SortRefer has announced the relaunch of Sort Club, its loyalty scheme for brokers and...

No surprise as Bank of England cuts base rate to 4.5%

The Bank of England has lowered the Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points to...

Video shorts ahead of key Bank of England rate decision

Ahead of today's Bank of England rate decision, Newspage asked financial services experts to...

Former LendInvest founder to expand his US bridging interests

Faes & Co., an investment firm led by former LendInvest founder Christian Faes, is...

Mortgage market surge in January fails to match last year’s boom

The UK mortgage market roared back to life in January, with mortgage searches soaring...

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries cuts rates across short term lets range

Specialist lender CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has reduced rates by up to 1.19% across...

Halifax cutting mortgage rates by up to 0.3% ‘could trigger a chain reaction’

The Halifax is cutting rates by up to 0.3% on selected mortgage products tomorrow. Homemover...

Fish & Chips after dancing the night away at Raquels with The Two Russells… Rob Jupp reveals all

Mortgage giant Rob Jupp reveals all on episode 22 of The Two Russells podcast...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network unveils BTL accreditation

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has launched a new Accreditation Scheme for advisers...

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Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

Leasehold fees, specialists and the need to shop around

Leasehold properties account for around 20% of all dwellings in the UK, and while that figure may change in the future with government legislation...

Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

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Fleet unveils Renters’ Rights Bill guide for advisers and landlords

Fleet Mortgages has launched a new guide designed to help advisers and landlords prepare...

Allica Bank signs sponsorship deal with teenage racing driver

Allica Bank has agreed a two-year sponsorship deal with 16-year-old racing driver Daniella Sutton,...

More than half of landlords plan portfolio expansion

More than half of buy-to-let landlords intend to grow their portfolios in the coming...

Phoebus secures ISO recertification to bolster SaaS security resilience

Phoebus has renewed its ISO 27001 accreditation, achieving recertification to the updated 2022 standard...