Bridging

UTB improves non-regulated bridging criteria

United Trust Bank (UTB) has announced a series of Fast Track and AVM criteria...

Funding 365 delivers £4.75m of stepped rate bridging

Funding 365 has completed two 75% LTV stepped rate bridging loans with a combined...

Spring Finance begins bridging finance pilot

Second charge lending specialist, Spring Finance, has launched a bridging pilot scheme. With an offering...

Fiduciam lent £19m for student accommodation in February

Fiduciam provided £19.4 million of funding for student accommodation across Europe in the last...

Mortgage Advice Bureau to acquire Fluent Money Group

Mortgage Advice Bureau is to acquire approximately 75% of Project Finland Topco (Fluent Money...

OSB Group boosts specialist finance team

OSB Group has expanded its specialist finance team through the appointment of three new account...

Hodge unveils new commercial investment product

Hodge has launched a new commercial investment finance product aimed at experienced property investors...

Q&A: James Rainbird, Truffle Specialist Finance

BestAdvice fires the questions at James Rainbird, managing director of Truffle Specialist Finance BestAdvice (BA):...

Hodge expands asset class appetite

Hodge is making changes to its residential development loans to include lending on the...

Hope Capital makes two sales hires

Hope Capital has expanded its sales team with a double appointment. Sam Lea has taken...

CrowdProperty funds £9m GDV Somerset scheme

CrowdProperty has completed the financing of a £9.05m GDV development project in Somerset, agreeing...

Whitehall Capital builds team to support growth plans

Whitehall Capital is planning to double its bridging book and has made two strategic...

Market Harborough BS launches high net worth bridging

Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has launched a range of bridging solutions tailored to...

Shawbrook cuts unregulated bridging rates

Shawbrook has reduced rates across its unregulated bridging offering, with rates now starting from...

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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