Bridging

CapitalRise structures £5m loan for Wentworth Estate development

Prime property specialist finance company CapitalRise has announced the funding of a £5m loan...

Colenko joins ASTL

Colenko has become the latest lender member to join the Association of Short-Term Lenders...

Don’t overlook the strengths of the regulated bridging loan

There’s no denying the success of the bridging sector over recent years. It has...

UTB funds £24m Oblix Living Build to Rent scheme

United Trust Bank (UTB) is providing £15.3m of funding to growing Build to Rent...

Catalyst completes bridging loan in three hours

Catalyst has announced its fastest ever completion of a bridging loan in three hours. ...

Clever Lending packages complex auction purchase and renovation

Clever Lending has recently packaged a £146,900 regulated bridging facility for a broker’s client...

Hampshire Trust Bank appoints another dev finance lending manager

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Russell Higgins as lending manager...

Somo joins finova lending panel

Specialist lending firm, Somo, has joined the lending panel of finova. Somo has become one...

Aspen reintroduces 80% LTV and raises Bridge to Let loan size

Aspen Bridging has launched its Summer 2023 Rates & Product Card with rates lowered...

Gavin Diamond to leave Spring Finance this week

Spring Finance has confirmed that its CEO, Gavin Diamond, is to leave the business. His...

HTB appoints development finance lending manager

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Harry Bhogal as lending manager...

Catalyst appoints marketing executive

Catalyst, the short-term property finance lender, has announced the appointment of Kate Haas as...

MFS hails its diversity as it expands beyond 100 employees

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has marked its team growing to over 100 employees by...

Alternative Bridging Corporation bolsters London sales team

Alternative Bridging Corporation has added its its sales team for London & South East,...

COMMENT

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

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Bank Rate held at 3.75% as energy shock raises prospect of future increase

The Bank of England has kept Bank Rate at 3.75%, but warned that persistent...

Family BS names Seb Mrotzek as first chief operating officer

Family Building Society has appointed Seb Mrotzek as chief operating officer, creating the role...

FLA calls for FCA regulation of litigation funders

The Finance & Leasing Association has called for commercial litigation funders to be brought...

National Friendly adds three senior hires

National Friendly has made three appointments across its marketing, actuarial and business development teams...

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