Bridging

Assetz Capital provides £2.83m development facility

Assetz Capital has funded a loan of £2.83 million for a new residential development...

Humphrey & Gray joins ASTL

Property maintenance specialists, Humphrey & Gray, has become the latest professional organisation to join...

Hope Capital to fix rates on loans above £500k

Specialist short-term lender, Hope Capital, will be holding rates on all deals over £500k...

Aldermore provides £7.1m development loan

Aldermore has provided a £7.14m property development loan to Hollins Homes Limited, a well...

Somo celebrates best ever month

Specialist lending firm Somo Bridging has celebrated its best month ever thanks to its...

ASTL sees Q4 fall in bridging completions

Bridging applications and loan books continued to grow in Q4 2022, according to the...

Spring Finance appoints head of sales for bridging

Specialist lender Spring Finance has announced the appointment of Owen Bentley as head of...

HTB completes £21.1m development finance facility

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £21.1 million development exit and construction loan...

MT Finance appoints managing director

MT Finance has announced the promotion of Gareth Lewis from commercial director to managing...

MFS joins The Money Group panel

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has joined The Money Group’s (TMG) panel of lenders. The...

United Trust Bank reveals record pretax profits

United Trust Bank (UTB) increased profit before tax by 35% in 2022 to £60.2m,...

Aspen completes £2.25m sales bridge

Aspen Bridging has completed a £2.25m loan for an existing client after the developer’s...

ASTL and FIBA ready to launch CPSP learning programme

The ASTL and FIBA have confirmed that the Certified Practitioner in Specialist Property Finance...

HTB completes £7.5m development exit loan

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided one of the North West’s largest property developers...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Leeds lending falls amid technology investment

Leeds Building Society completed £2bn of gross mortgage lending during the first half of...

Foundation revives buy-to-let products and cuts holiday let rates

Foundation Home Loans has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range, bringing back several products, adding...

UK residential property transactions edge higher in June

UK residential property transactions rose modestly in June, suggesting that underlying market activity is...

Buyers turn to 1.5 million homes rejected by mainstream lenders

About 1.5 million homes across Britain may fall outside mainstream mortgage criteria, according to...

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