Bridging

Two new faces at VIBE Finance

Specialist finance broker, VIBE Finance, has announced the appointment of Craig Smith as a...

Roma Finance joins the Loan Partnership panel

Specialist lender Roma Finance has become the latest lender to be added to the...

Two new marketing hires at Hope Capital

Bridging lender Hope Capital has appointed Emily Crowe as PR and social media executive and Kevin...

MT Finance joins Knowledge Bank platform

MT Finance's short-term loan criteria in now available on the Knowledge Bank platform. Knowledge Bank...

Aspen offers rate cut Xmas promo

Aspen Bridging is proving a rate of 0.54% on all deals completed between 24...

UTB appoints new senior manager for property development

United Trust Bank (UTB) has hired a new senior manager supporting housebuilders and developers...

Catalyst ups day-one value refurbishment lending limit

Specialist bridging lender Catalyst Property Finance has increased its refurbishment allowance to 100% of...

Century Capital funds its biggest deal ever

Century Capital has completed its largest deal to date, providing a large facility on...

Century Capital completes its largest deal since lockdown

Century Capital has structured a new £9 million gross facility for a borrower, providing...

Roma Finance joins Optimum Elite panel

Optimum Commercial has added specialist bridging, development and buy-to-let lender, Roma Finance, to its...

Use bridging to meet stamp duty deadline

Specialist distributor Clever Lending is calling on brokers to think about regulated bridging loans...

New website for bridging lender

Bridging finance provider Whitehall Capital has unveiled a new look for its website. The site...

United Trust Bank appoints CEO

Harley Kagan, currently group Managing director of United Trust Bank (UTB), will become the...

Tuscan funds urgent £2.2m developer loan

Tuscan Capital has provided a £2.2m facility in a five-week turnaround to help a...

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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,...

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FCA looks to widen mortgage access with proposed lending reforms

First-time buyers, older borrowers and the self-employed could benefit from a more flexible approach...

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...

LiveMore broadens lending criteria to support more complex borrowers

Specialist lender LiveMore has expanded its lending criteria, reducing the time it looks back...

Legal Services Board joins government AI growth initiative

The Legal Services Board is joining the government’s new AI Growth Lab, a scheme...

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