Bridging

Bridge Help makes business development hire

Tracey Vaughan is the latest appointment to Bridge Help’s business development team. The Chesterfield-based...

Aspen completes £1.5m bridge-to-let in Mayfair

Aspen Bridging has completed a complex £1.5m gross bridge-to-let application on a luxury two-bedroom...

MFS secures £250m funding

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has secured £250 million of new funding from an institutional...

Fiduciam provides £3.62m hybrid development loan

Fiduciam, the bridging and development lender, has provided a £3.62 million loan to assist...

Spring Finance launches specialist bridging to whole of market

After a three-month pilot, Spring Finance is launching its specialist bridging proposition to the...

Together lends £300m in one month

Specialist lender Together has broken its all-time lending record for the second month in...

West One Loans appoints two new bridging BDMs

West One Loans has appointed two new business development managers as part of a...

£4m shopping centre deal saved from collapse

SPF Short Term Finance has rescued an investor purchasing a £4 million shopping centre...

Alternative Bridging takes approach to Scotland

Alternative Bridging Corporation has bolstered its lending proposition for Scotland. The short-term lender is...

J.P. Morgan provides MT Finance with BTL funding line

MT Finance has agreed a forward flow agreement with J.P. Morgan to support the...

Paragon reports record profits

Paragon Banking Group has published its half-year results for the six months ended 31...

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services adds Hope Capital to panel

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has unveiled a partnership with specialist bridging loan provider,...

Aspen saves development project after finance extension refused

Aspen Bridging has rescued a developer’s project from collapse after the previous lender refused...

New marketing and products manager at Hope Capital 

Hope Capital has appointed Sarah Butler as the firm’s new marketing and products manager. Butler...

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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