Bridging

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...

Masthaven partners with PRIMIS

Masthaven Bank has teamed up with PRIMIS Mortgage Network to  provide the latter's c. 2,200 brokers access to...

United Trust Bank increases maximum bridging LTV

United Trust Bank (UTB) has increased the maximum LTV available on its standard and...

Aspen significantly increases maximum loan size

Aspen Bridging has launched a new light development product and also increased its maximum...

Bridging industry calls for enforcement moratorium dialogue

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has written to HM Treasury, with a...

BFS appoints BDM for Yorkshire and NE

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has announced the appointment of Anne Gullon as business development...

Roma Finance joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Roma Finance has become the latest provider to joins the panel of Legal &...

OSB sales teams restructured

Precise Mortgages, Kent Reliance for Intermediaries and InterBay Commercial sales teams have been restructured. Field-based...

COMMENT

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....

AI is changing banking but trust will define who succeeds

For the past three years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in financial services has been dominated by technology. Every week seems to bring another...

Latest news

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...

Rely cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

Rely has reduced rates by up to 25 basis points across a range of...

House price growth slows to 0.1%: Lloyds

UK house prices remained unchanged in July as higher mortgage rates and global economic...

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