Bridging

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...

Two new hires at Hope Capital

Hope Capital has appointed two new starters, Helen Hargreaves and Andrew Bate, to its...

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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