Bridging

Castle Trust provides £13.2m development loan for Build to Rent Scheme

Castle Trust Bank has agreed a £13.2m development loan with Laner Ltd, for a...

Tuscan Capital welcomes new BDM

Bridging lender Tuscan Capital has announced the immediate appointment of a business development manager...

A Shade Greener Finance joins ASTL

A Shade Greener (ASG) Finance has become the latest lender to join the Association...

First 4 Bridging to hold specialist lending seminars

First 4 Bridging (F4B) will be hosting three specialist lending seminars across the country. These...

Masthaven Bank appoints director of lending and credit operations

Masthaven Bank has announced that Shelley Connelly will also oversee short-term lending in the...

BFS breaks £110m barrier

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has revealed that it exceeded the £110m lending barrier in...

SoMo unveils new larger loan product

Bridging loan firm SoMo has launched a new specialist finance product giving better rates...

MFS completes large loan on country estate

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has completed a £9.45 million bridging loan on a vast...

Suros Capital inventory loan product helps jeweller’s cashflow

Suros Capital has advanced a short term loan of £210,000 to help a diamond...

Brokers expect to face challenges with valuations

82% of brokers are confident about the UK lending environment until the end of...

LendInvest agrees £150m Barclays funding partnership

LendInvest has announced a £150m partnership with Barclays and HSBC. Barclays has partnered with LendInvest...

Roma Finance improves bridging and development criteria

Roma Finance has made changes its bridging and development criteria, with an increase of...

Aspen saves developer’s deposit

Aspen recently provided a £851,875 Rapid Desktop bridge in five working days to rescue...

Enra secures £500m bridging facility for West One

Enra Specialist Finance has agreed a new facility with J.P. Morgan to fund its...

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

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...

Latest news

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

Atom bank reduces prime mortgage rates by up to 25bps

Atom bank has cut rates across its prime mortgage range by as much as...

Family Building Society restores 60% LTV deals and cuts rates

Family Building Society has reintroduced 60% loan-to-value products across its core owner-occupier range and...

Recognise Bank appoints EveryFriday to deliver brand overhaul

Recognise Bank has appointed creative studio EveryFriday to lead a full rebrand as it...

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