Bridging

Shawbrook creates bridging & seconds team amid restructure

Shawbrook is implementing a new structure designed to deliver an improved service proposition. Emma Cox...

TMA Club adds The Loan Partnership to panel

TMA Club has added master broker, The Loan Partnership, to its panel. Through the...

Suros Capital partners with Funding Bay

'Luxury asset' lender Suros Capital has announced its latest partnership with SME finance specialist,...

Catalyst launches development finance to 95% LTC

Catalyst has moved into the development finance market with a new stretch senior product. Offering...

UTB appoints bridging BDM

United Trust Bank (UTB) has added to its bridging sales team with the appointment...

Sancus launches new refurb product

Sancus has launched a new refurbishment product aimed at UK brokers and their clients...

Bridge Help hires new BDM

Bridging loan provider, Bridge Help, has added to its business development team with the...

Octopus Real Estate added to Twenty7Tec’s SOURCE

Twenty7Tec has announced that Octopus Real Estate has added its mortgage product range to...

Rising cost of living behind second charge interest

Borrowers are turning to second charge mortgages to help alleviate financial issues, according to...

First 4 Bridging hires head of intermediary relations

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has appointed Besmir Kurti as head of intermediary relations for...

Aspen Bridging introduces bridge-to-let offering

Aspen Bridging has entered the bridge-to-let market. Available up to 80% LTV, with bridge rates starting...

Recognise Bank partners with Galliard Homes and Reflex Bridging

Recognise Bank has agreed a multi-million pound 'loan on loan' partnership with Reflex Bridging,...

Two new recruits at Alternative Bridging Corporation

Alternative Bridging Corporation has appointed a new underwriter and a case manager. Robert Seymour has...

West One provides seven-day loan turnaround for £11.6m build

West One Loans has turned around a development finance loan in seven days. The lender...

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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