Bridging

Specialist Finance Centre launches SFC Scotland

Specialist Finance Centre (SFC) has announced the launch of its proposition into Scotland as...

MFS completes £6.6m bridge for NW shopping centre

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has completed a £6.6 million bridging loan to help a...

Enra Specialist Finance appoints CTO

Enra Specialist Finance has appointed Aris Karidis as its new chief technology officer (CTO). Karidis...

Hope Capital improves bridging proposition in Scotland

Hope Capital has extended a selection of its bridging finance products to improve its...

Repercussions of Covid still showing in criteria searches

Knowledge Bank latest tracker has revealed that advisers are working with a "significant" number...

Development lender awarded ISO 9001 certification

Development finance lender Atelier has been awarded the ISO 9001 Quality Management certification. Assessors from...

Whitehall Capital completes £6.5m bridge for Croydon development

Whitehall Capital Management has completed a £6,500,000 bridging loan on a development project in...

Pink Pig and Masthaven help borrower with Land Registry obstacles

Pink Pig Loans has secured a £1,080,000 bridging facility for a client who needed...

Stamp Duty boosts bridging market

Packager contributors to Bridging Trends reported a total of £190.24m in bridging loans transacted...

Hope Capital unveils Finish & Exit bridging deal

Short-term lender, Hope Capital, has introduced a new product to allow borrowers to complete...

SoMo offers 90% off valuation costs

Bridging lender, SoMo, has unveiled an early Black Friday Weekend initiative that will give borrowers...

Alternative Bridging Corporation hires new head of underwriting

Alternative Bridging Corporation has added to its underwriting team with the recruitment of Robin...

London Wall Lending funds £18m Bristol starter home development

MCR Homes has secured £18 million of development finance to fund construction of 91...

Rise in maximum bridging finance LTVs

A new report has found that the average maximum loan to value (LTV) offered...

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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