Bridging

First 4 Bridging unveils 24-hour case checking facility

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has launched a free 24-hour case checker initiative. It offers a...

Three new hires at Catalyst Property Finance

Catalyst Property Finance has made new appointments for both its new business and credit/underwriting...

Kuflink sees investment levels recover to pre-Covid levels

Peer-to-peer based bridging lender, Kuflink, has reported that new investment levels have recovered to...

Shawbrook completes £1.2m exit bridge for developer

Shawbrook Bank has completed a £1.18m developer exit bridging loan for an experienced property...

CSF & MT Finance complete £1.4m three-week bridge

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has worked with MT Finance to complete a three week,...

LendInvest to offer desktop valuations for short-term lending

LendInvest is now providing desktop valuations for its short-term loan products where physical valuations...

Alternative short-term lender launches

Suros Capital has launched today to provide short-term lending facilities specifically aimed at people...

Castle Trust cuts rates by 0.25 points

Castle Trust Bank has reduced rates on all of its term products by 0.25...

Knowledge Bank: people desperate to get on the property ladder

Knowledge Bank has revealed the details of the leading criteria searches made on its...

Record month for Funding 365

Funding 365 has reported that October was its biggest month to date, with loan...

Tuscan Capital unveils HMO offering

Tuscan Capital has introduced a new range of products aimed at investors looking to...

Alternative Bridging brings back overdraft product

Alternative Bridging Corporation has reintroduced its Alternative Overdraft product, offering lower rates and service-driven...

MFS partners with Vanquish Business Services

Bridging lender Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has teamed up with Vanquish Business Services (Vanquish)...

Dynamo expands bridging panel

Greenfield Mortgages has joined Dynamo for Intermediaries' panel of bridging lenders. The deal means club...

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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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