Together has overhauled its second charge mortgage range, launching its lowest ever rates on some products.

Masthaven Bank's founder, Andrew Bloom, is stepping back from his position as CEO at the end of April, with chief financial officer Leigh Bartlett taking over the role.

Bridging lender Hope Capital has recorded its best ever January performance, which it attributes to a surge of confidence in the market following December's general election.

Roma Finance has cut rates across its bridging and development product ranges.

Selina Finance has appointed Pepper UK to provide end-to-end servicing for its new portfolio of business and property investment loans.

Hampshire Trust Bank has appointed Marcus Dussard as sales director of its specialist mortgages division.

The Brightstar Group recorded a record year in 2019, completing nearly £1.2bn throughout the year - an annual increase of 13.6%.

Contributors to the Bridging Trends data transacted £732.7m of bridging loans in 2019, an annual fall of 4.5%, impacted by political uncertainty in the second half of 2019.

Shawbrook has appointed Marc Callaghan as its new national sales manager.

Pepper Money has announced that it completed more than £1bn worth of first and second charge mortgages across its two brands, Pepper Money and Optimum Credit, in 2019.