Bridging

MFS property book surpasses £1.5bn in value

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has revealed that it has now secured charges against more...

Aspen completes £2.1m bridge-to-let deal

Aspen Bridging has completed a £2.1m bridge-to-let loan within three weeks, despite a last-minute...

Enra Specialist Finance reports record results

Enra Specialist Finance has announced record performance in the year to 31 December 2022....

Black & White Bridging expands into Scotland

Bridging lender, Black & White, has expanded its reach into Scotland. This expansion has...

Tuscan Capital recruits regional sales manager for the south

Tuscan Capital has announced that Mason Ward has joined the lender as a regional...

Paragon appoints senior relationship director for development finance 

Paragon Bank’s development finance division has appointed Len Boyd as senior relationship director. Boyd (pictured) has...

Glenhawk launches new free valuation promotion

Glenhawk has unveiled a new free valuation promotion, focused on reducing the up-front cost...

HTB appoints head of sales for bridging finance

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Lorenzo Satchell as head of...

Fiduciam provides £25m committed property portfolio acquisition facility

Fiduciam provided a £25 million committed portfolio acquisition facility to a property investor over...

Aspen completes £2.5m refinance deal in 10 working days

Aspen Bridging has concluded its busiest calendar year-to-date with a £2,572,500 gross residential refinance...

Black & White Bridging hires marketing & comms manager

Black & White Bridging has announced the appointment of Bret Jackson as marketing &...

Catalyst sees 2022 lending rise by 17%

Specialist property lender, Catalyst, has announced that it made more loans in 2022 than...

Spring Finance completes urgent £1.7m bridge

Spring Finance and Finspace have partnered to complete a £1.7m regulated bridging loan to...

Somo reveals 20% growth in 2022

Somo Bridging has announced that 2022 was its most successful year to date with...

COMMENT

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

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Price cuts signal more competitive market for brokers

House sellers have made the biggest June price reduction in 14 years as higher...

Royal London pays record £821m in protection claims 

Royal London paid a record £821m in protection claims during 2025, supporting more than...

TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

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