Bridging

New identity for bridger as it expands proposition

Mint Bridging has rebranded as Mint Property Finance. The new brand identity comes as the...

Alternative Bridging Corporation launches mid-sized development deal

Alternative Bridging Corporation has unveiled Development 90, a stretched senior loan for mid-size residential...

New £200m funding line for bridging lender

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has secured its second funding line in 2021, worth £200...

Online bridging lender launched by platform

Portfolio management platform, Lendlord, has unveiled an online bridging lender for property investors. Available on...

Bridging lender revamps offering

Masthaven Bank has made changes to its current bridging range, including introducing new refurbishment...

Bridging lender expands solicitor panel

Mint Bridging has announced the appointment of Spector Constant & Williams to its panel...

United Trust Bank increases maximum bridging LTV

United Trust Bank (UTB) has increased the maximum LTV available across its whole range...

Bridging lender rebrands and revamps offering

Bridging lender Roma Finance has rebranded and changed its criteria. The lender says it has...

New identity for development finance provider

Hambros Secured Lending has relaunched as Impact Lending, a new business arm in the...

Castle Trust joins PMS and Sesame panels

Castle Trust Bank has been added to the lender panels of PMS Mortgage Club...

Together in short-term lending partnership with L&G

Together's bridging products have been added to Legal & General’s digital criteria service designed...

Roma Finance joins MCI’s lender panel

MCI Mortgage Club has added Roma Finance to its lending panel, for those looking...

First 4 Bridging hires key account manager

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has appointed Sonia Mann as a key account manager for...

Brightstar offers specialist lending virtual clinics

Brightstar Financial has embarked upon a new campaign to educate brokers about the benefits...

COMMENT

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Latest news

NatWest strengthens broker support with intermediary team expansion

NatWest has expanded its intermediary leadership team with the creation of two new corporate...

LMS chief executive Nick Chadbourne to step down

LMS has announced that Nick Chadbourne is to step down as chief executive after...

Mortgage commitments rise despite weaker lending volumes, Bank of England data shows

New mortgage commitments increased in the first quarter of 2026 even as completed lending...

MPs call for stamp duty reform to help first-time buyers

A cross-party group of MPs has called for a major review of stamp duty...

PROFILES