Bridging

TAB relaunches fixed rate residential bridging loans

Bridging lender TAB is reintroducing fixed rates for first charge residential bridging loans. Residential bridging...

OSB Group unveils new charity partner

OSB Group has announced its new charity partner for the next two years. Following...

Silbury Finance provides £25m Permitted Development loan

Silbury Finance has provided Kingsbridge Capital, a specialist residential developer, with a £24.7 million...

Roma Finance becomes sole sponsor of Property Elevator

Short-term lender, Roma Finance, has announces a new partnership with Property Elevator, the show...

MFS secures £500m funding line

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has secured £500 million of new institutional funding which will...

BFS makes three new hires

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has announced three new key appointments. Debbie Range, Adam Bluma and...

Hampshire Trust Bank becomes new FIBA lender partner

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has announced that Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB)...

LendInvest partners with Primis

LendInvest has launched a new partnership with Primis Mortgage Network to provide members with...

Spring Finance launches AVMs and reduces bridging pricing

Spring Finance has announced the introduction of automated valuations (AVMs) for bridging loans. The use...

Hampshire Trust Bank appoints bridging BDM

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Herbie Bone as a business...

Catalyst offering 2.50% proc fees

Specialist property lender, Catalyst, is offering all intermediaries a Spring incentive with enhanced 2.50%...

Record month helps Signature break lending target

Signature Property Finance has reported a record year for short-term property loans as it...

Mint completes standard bridge in eight days

Mint Property Finance has provided a standard bridging loan for a client, following them...

HTB appoints development finance senior portfolio manager

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Gavin Davies as senior portfolio manager within its...

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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