Bridging

Two firms sign up to Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter

Vibe Finance and Black & White Bridging have become the first signatories of Mortgage...

CSF wants market to Thrive with new ebook

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has published an ebook designed to explore the post-pandemic landscape after...

Masthaven Bank signs Women in Finance Charter

Masthaven Bank has become a signatory of the Women in Finance Charter. The Charter...

SFC creates senior management roles following restructure

Specialist Finance Centre (SFC) has announced a staffing restructure and the internal promotion of...

Aspen completes ‘no valuation’ £2.7m bridge

Aspen has completed a £2.734m bridge on its no valuation product for an applicant...

UTB and IBF provide funding for £52m mixed use development

United Trust Bank (UTB) and Iron Bridge Finance (IBF) are funding a £52m scheme...

Shawbrook partners with Vantage for auction/refurb customer

Shawbrook Bank has supported a customer with a £189,000 bridging loan, enabling them to...

Three new hires at Glenhawk

Glenhawk has announced the appointments of Jeremy Russ as head of compliance, Roxana Tsirikhova...

Suros completes 8-hour bridge against watch and jewellery collection

Suros Capital has completed a short-term bridging loan of £350,000 secured against a customer’s...

Hope Capital hires new senior development underwriter

Hope Capital has added to its underwriting team with the appointment of Jon Reed...

BFS joins Private Finance lending panel

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has been appointed to the lending panel of national brokerage,...

TAB completes five loans totalling £11.4m on the same day

TAB, partnering with introducer REFC, has completed five bridging loans totalling £11.4m on the...

Precise Mortgages launches 75% LTV bridging range

Precise Mortgages has launched a bridging range, featuring regulated and non-regulated products up to...

Castle Trust Bank completes £4.5m bridge in two weeks

Castle Trust Bank has completed a "complex" £4.5m bridging loan within 14 working days...

COMMENT

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

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Flipping slump reshapes broker opportunities

Falling profitability in the property flipping market is reshaping opportunities for mortgage brokers as...

Instamo to unveil FastAdmin at broker padel event

Instamo is set to showcase its latest mortgage administration solution, FastAdmin, at a broker-focused...

Bank of Ireland brings Lauren Wiles back to national partnership role

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries has appointed Lauren Wiles as a national partnership manager...

Skipton to cut residential rates and revive three-year fixes

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

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