4+ day, 59+ min ago   (394+ words) The number of real estate and property services firms in critical financial distress rose by 6.8% year-on-year (YoY) to 7,641 in Q2 2026, according to BTG’s Red Flag Alert research. A further 88,855 firms were in significant financial distress, up by 9% from the same period…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (180+ words) The performance took the bank's Financial Sponsors lending book above £1bn. Shawbrook’s Financial Sponsors team has deployed over £250m of incremental lending this year, marking its strongest first-half lending performance to date. The performance took the bank’s Financial Sponsors lending book above…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (175+ words) Legal & General (L&G) Surveying Services has rebranded as Westmarq. The national surveying business will provide lenders with property valuations and data to support lending decisions. Westmarq has retained its existing surveying teams and lender relationships while developing its technology and…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (232+ words) Somo has joined Knowledge Bank to give brokers real-time access to its bridging and short-term finance criteria. Brokers using the platform can now search Somo’s criteria alongside lenders across the residential, buy-to-let (BTL), bridging and commercial finance markets. Intermediaries can…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (448+ words) Swansea Building Society has renewed its back-of-shirt sponsorship of the Ospreys and Swansea RFC for the 2026/27 season. The partnerships will see the society’s branding feature on both clubs’ shirts as they prepare to play at the redeveloped St Helen’s. The…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (151+ words) Mortgage Intelligence has added Swansea Building Society to its lender panel. The partnership gives advisers at the mortgage broker network access to the building society’s mortgage range. Graham Wood (pictured), head of products and partnerships at Mortgage Intelligence, said: “We’re…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (213+ words) Marsden Building Society has enhanced its expat mortgage criteria for intermediaries. The society removed the minimum income requirement for expat buy-to-let (BTL) applications and reduced the documents required from employed and self-employed applicants. Self-employed applicants will need one year of…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (181+ words) One Mortgage System has integrated with Scroll Finance to allow brokers to move from sourcing and fact-find through to DIP within a single workflow for second charge buy-to-let cases. One Mortgage System has announced a new API integration with Scroll…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (348+ words) Its Lifetime Mortgage Lump Sum Lifestyle Interest Reward product is available to homeowners aged 55 and over as a lump sum lifetime mortgage. LV= has launched Lifetime Mortgage Lump Sum Lifestyle Interest Reward as part of its Lifestyle equity release range....