Bridging

Octane joins L&G club panel

Octane Capital has been appointed to the panel of the Legal & General Mortgage Club. Club...

Roma Finance ups maximum bridging LTVs

Roma Finance has increased its loan to value (LTV) and will now consider applications...

Alternative Bridging Corporation makes board appointment

James Bloom has been appointed to the board of short-term lender Alternative Bridging Corporation,...

West One joins Society for Mortgage Professionals

West One has become the first specialist lender to join the Society for Mortgage...

UTB funds £11m beachside redevelopment

United Trust Bank (UTB) is to finance a development of 14 luxury two and...

Griffins joins ASTL

Griffins has become the latest professional organisation to join the Association of Short Term...

The Loan Partnership adds Hope Capital to lending panel

Bridging lender Hope Capital has joined The Loan Partnership’s lending panel. The timing of this...

Loans Warehouse grows bridging team

Loans Warehouse has appointed Greg Chase to its short-term finance team. Chase was most recently...

CSF makes development finance underwriting hire

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has appointed Adam Tauber as a specialist underwriter for development...

Octane Capital reaches redemptions milestone

Octane Capital has passed £500m of redemptions since launching in May 2017. 40% (£200m) of...

MFS extends iPhone 12 giveaway promotion

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) is extending its iPhone 12 giveaway until 31 March. Since 26...

MT Finance cuts rates and ups maximum LTV

Bridging lender MT Finance has reduced rates and raised its maximum loan to value...

Shawbrook expands bridging valuation panel

Shawbrook Bank has widened its valuation panel with the appointment of VAS Group across its...

New lender member for ASTL

Greymax Capital has become the latest lender to join the Association of Short Term...

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

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...

YBS Commercial Mortgages cuts five-year fixed rates

YBS Commercial Mortgages has reduced rates across its five-year fixed product range by 0.15%. The...

CHL Mortgages cuts short-term let rates by 30bps

CHL Mortgages has launched a limited-edition range and reduced rates across its short-term let...

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