2+ day, 22+ hour 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…...

3+ day, 2+ 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…...

3+ day, 3+ 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…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (397+ words) Knowledge Bank recorded more than 6,800 changes to lender criteria during August, the highest monthly total so far in 2026. Almost 6,000 new criteria areas were also added to the platform during the month as lenders continued to develop their propositions. The increase…...

3+ day, 11+ 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…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (316+ words) StreamBank has completed a £2.61m regulated bridging loan to fund the purchase of a neighbouring residential property in Somerset. The 12-month facility allowed the borrower to complete the purchase without waiting for the sale of a separate property in London. The…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (257+ words) Grosvenor’s lending business has provided a £12m loan to support the sale of 50 completed retirement homes at Herne Bay Gardens in Kent. The finance was provided to a joint venture between Housing Growth Partnership and Villafont Concierge, part of McGoff Group....

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (371+ words) Afin Bank has appointed Simon McClean as head of treasury and regulatory reporting, bringing more than 35 years of financial services experience to the specialist lender. Afin Bank has appointed Simon McClean as head of treasury and regulatory reporting. McClean joins…...

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1+ week, 3+ day ago   (360+ words) Sesame Bankhall Group is accelerating its development of the OneView adviser and principal platform by partnering with JammJar. The partnership will add artificial intelligence (AI) and data tools to OneView, which brings adviser and firm information, tools and processes into…...