Bridging

One Stop Business Finance secures Shawbrook facility boost

Specialist lender, One Stop Business Finance, has secured an extension of up to £4...

Bridging lender sells off minority stake

MT Finance has revealed that an American investment company focusing on fixed-income investments has...

Catalyst appoints intermediary relationship manager

Catalyst has appointed Ciaran Courtney as a new intermediary relationship manager. Courtney joins the specialist...

Assetz Capital appoints development specialist

Assetz Capital has appointed Sinead Moynihan as relationship director. In her new role, Moynihan...

Aspen sees rise in overseas bridging enquiries

Aspen Bridging has completed its latest foreign national purchase bridge in 20 days, having...

HTB appoints head of portfolio management

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of John Archbold as head of...

CapitalRise reaches originations milestone

Prime property finance firm CapitalRise has originated more than £200m in loans, funding developments...

Hope Capital unveils ‘land without planning permission’ bridge

Hope Capital will now lend on land without planning permission, offering up to 50%...

HTB recruits development finance lending directors

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Rob Syrett and Jason Wilmot...

Mint Property Finance appoints pair of development portfolio managers

Mint Property Finance has expanded its team with the appointment of Ian Jones and...

TAB unveils two new hires

Bridging lender TAB has made two new appointments to boost its sales team as...

Increased interest in luxury asset-based lending

Luxury asset short term lender, Suros Capital, is reporting rising levels of new business...

Hampshire Trust Bank joins ASTL

Hampshire Trust Bank has become the latest member to join the Association of Short-Term...

LendInvest grows assets and funds under management

LendInvest has posted a trading update for the six months ended 30 September 2022. Platform...

COMMENT

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

Latest news

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal...

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

TMG recorded its highest monthly submission volume with MetLife, exceeding its previous record by...

Leek raises earned income age limit to 75

Leek Building Society has introduced eight lending criteria changes covering income, contractors, later-life borrowing...

Coventry cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates for new and...

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