Auction finance

LendInvest to offer desktop valuations for short-term lending

LendInvest is now providing desktop valuations for its short-term loan products where physical valuations...

Shawbrook bridges urgent auction purchase

Shawbrook Bank has completed a bridging loan for a customer who needed short-term funding...

BFS supports online property auction purchases

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) is supporting the auction property markets move online, as the...

Roma Finance unveils new bridging deals at 70% LTV

Roma Finance has launched new bridging products at 70% loan to value (LTV) and...

Funding 365 completes £1.1m auction finance deal

Funding 365 has completed an unregulated bridging loan at an interest rate of 0.59%...

Signature hits £100m lending target

Signature Private Finance has revealed its has reached the £100m lending target set by...

Together improves bridging loan proposition

Specialist lender Together has revamped its unregulated short-term loan range by removing fees and...

New auction product from Mint Bridging

Mint Bridging​ has has developed an auction product with rates from 0.45% per month. It...

LendInvest completes first auction product loan

LendInvest has completed its first official auction finance loan for a new customer purchasing...

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Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

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Financial services firms sign skills pact ahead of Chancellor’s Mansion House speech

More than 20 financial services organisations have signed a new agreement with government aimed...

Brilliant Solutions partners with Box Socials

Brilliant Solutions has partnered with Box Socials to give its members discounted access to...

Mortgage rates fall at fastest pace in almost two years

Fixed mortgage rates have recorded their biggest monthly reductions for almost two years, as...

Solo first-time buyers face almost a decade of saving before they can buy

Solo first-time buyers face saving for almost a decade before they can afford to...

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